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11. "6 figures" ain't what it used to be

Reply to lostnfound (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 01:39 PM

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especially if that first figure is a 1 and the earner has a family, and more especially if that's a combined 2 incomes and the family works (and thus probably lives) in an expensive area.

Just sayin'

Maybe won't get much sympathy from the below-6-figure crowd, and that's fair ... just consider that "6 figures" is a really broad brush when it combines just-over-6 with just-below-7 and everything in between.

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"6 figures" ain't what it used to be RandomNumbers Sunday #11

I absolutely agree. People have all kinds of circumstances that they've planned for or faced. lostnfound Sunday #13