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湾区生活大不易:见识一下双职工年薪十六万的幸福生活 我爱我家
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5 c' }; Y" z' H% E6 A+ {4 a! b湾区双职工年薪十六万幸福无房族的生活
& k6 X; ?  L9 o8 o  e  h作者:AppleRocks 于文学城我爱我家论坛0 w! T7 w" g( `8 D" x/ y
工资比上不足比下还行。 两人四十尚不足,三十已有余。一博一硕无小孩。biotech and high tech工作。存款四万多点。
* h- B+ }# M% a养了两辆车,一辆Mazda, 一辆Subaru, 贷款每月$400
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吃:每月超市Safeway/Trade Joe's $400, Whole Food $200); 偶尔永和买些中国调味品,食品什么的,S50; Walgreen/Walmart 日用品$50;也去Costco, $50.
) j" n2 p. R0 F, P1 M外出就餐 (西餐70%,中餐30%, 中餐的顾虑是味精太多,所以很小心, $200 +$50 (小费给的很足,20-30%)
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穿: 正尔八经衣服大部分在Banana Republic/Ann Taylor Loft/Macy买,有时也去Gap买Jeans, T-shirts, casual shirts, cargo pants/shorts. Average &300; Gal/guy cosmetics, $20; Hair cut/dry cleaning/laundry $80.
+ L* ^# U- P; N! p! Z4 m5 J5 r% o% p用:Book store, 喜欢去Borders买book/CD/DVD, $100, 也去书源(Soyodo), $50; Gas/public commute ticket. $250; Car/life/Health Insurance/Co-pay $350.
& G5 |! K  J: H3 s8 t! p住:One-bedroom in an APT complex with pool but no gym, rent/utility/phone/internet, $1200,close to downtown.
* ^3 v6 W; D  \% ]玩:大约每年五千,算每月$400.
. u4 ^5 y" W! O, e- w+ h3 r0 i9 tShopping: annual budget for electronics/computer/software/cool gadgets, $5000, 细算了一下可能还不够。 每月就算$400. 为我们都是苹果迷,所以Dell之类的低档货是绝不考虑的,家里有几个iPod, 几台苹果电脑,总价可能超过许多有房族的所有家具电器价格(文学城我爱我家论坛)。
" S  `( a: z2 T$ h# l/ ]" [8 gDonation/membership/Journal: $100
) u% X- t7 S& S2 ^这样下来, 每月at least $4650.
% O: ^1 \+ s$ ]9 V* i" H( v+ v无论老中老外,认为我们过得还算潇洒。
, u# k) i# d* z. M再减去401 (maximal) 什么的,每月能攒一两千就不错了。2 w/ Z7 u2 b, V' Q

; z  V% a; w( |3 }湾区买房?对我们来说有点渴望不可及了。只好放万把快钱在股市上了,也不知什么时候能翻番变成downpay。
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% f# L1 s; i- g* V* a7 k- |# {不过有一点我们很  certain:
- g; F0 r1 R3 F; \$ G! Z, f. F# eWhen we look back, we will be happy that we have enjoyed our life while we are still reasonably young.
, [5 W* E) [' Z5 B0 h+ y* SWe are happy that we are just lucky enough to experience Bay area life. Owning a house or not really is no big deal for us.
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( N: q' f# H& D) \+ x% `; Z, S" C当你成为一把老骨头时,守着百万存款大房有何用呢?
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