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I remember a time when someone making "six figures" was extremely wealthy. Now six figures just seems to be the baseline for even having a chance at tackling home ownership in suburban areas. 120k is probably ideal. I don't likely need more than that and it should be enough to pay for a comfortable lifestyle.
Getting there is the tricky part.
I make $115k per year, my wife makes another $20k or so, we have one kid, a tiny house in a slightly sketch part of our Midwestern city that I bought a decade ago when it was almost cheap, and both our cars are paid off... and we're treading water financially. I don't know how anybody my age is affording big houses and new cars, unless it's just by snowballing debt at an alarming pace. I'm already underfunding my 401k just to maintain some liquidity.
120k what? Bananas per hour?
You are not as funny as you think you are.
I'm not trying to be funny. As a non-American am I supposed to assume that everyone is talking about US dollars? Why don't people just specify units?
Yes you are. Whether you like it or not, that's the default.
Says who?
OPEC
Says reality. Says the fact that you think you're trying to take a stand and having to tell people not to assume US default
It's the world reserve currency, it's a safe bet to assume it's USD when people are talking money unless specified otherwise
No, you're confused. K is the currency, they only need 120 of them.