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    What percentage of your income do you spend on housing?

    Inspired by the living on 18,000 baht in CM thread...

    Here in NYC I spend 7.7% of my income on housing, but the city average is about 40%, and the national guideline is around 33%.

    Where do you live and how much of your income do you spend on housing?

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    Wow! What a cool topic! 0% for me.

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    Looks like I earn more than you, peasant.

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    probably.

    After all I am being dumped cuz I'm a villager

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    See, if I pay less percentage than you I either live in a dumpster or I earn a lot. See how kool I am?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonny danger View Post
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    So you live with your parents or in a homeless shelter?

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    So... toc you own your condo outright? In that case the housing percentage does not apply to you.

    I pay mortgage, so it is probably over 50% for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by buddahas View Post
    In that case the housing percentage does not apply to you.
    Sure it does--I still have to pay taxes, gas, elec., common charges...all of that combined is more than my rent in previous apartments.

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    Damn, you're really a cool guy!

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    Around 10% in Nonthaburi for a small 2 bedroomed terrace house 5 minutes walk from school.

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    Does anyone else have problems using this site with Firefox? WTF?

    I replied this morning but it's nowhere to be found.

    I currently pay 6%.

    In Hawaii I paid 40% of my after-taxes income for rent. When I was married and had a mortgage the mortgage was about 30% of our combined income.
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    ^yep.I started using Chrome last week, there's still problems but not so many

    i pay utilities and thats it. In LOS i spent about 10-15% depending on how much extra work i was doing
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    < 10% (buying).
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