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[-] pahlimur@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is my family's combined income and my god people need to stop thinking we are wealthy. I'm currently staring at a $1000 car on Facebook marketplace to hopefully save some money because I know how to fix it. I am constantly buying cheap shit to afford to live, we are not rich at all. I have more in common with a homeless person than a wealthy person.

[-] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 1 points 1 year ago

I don't disagree with you, but relative to the rest of the world we produce a lot more pollution. If anything, there's probably a local peak at a certain income where, you know, you can afford a car but not a recent model with newer regulations, and you might have to fix it up to get it just within range for emissions testing. Stuff like that.

Anyway, it's not about quality of life, it's about pollution. I'm with you on the cost of everything, definitely.

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