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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
This is another option, move out of NJ.
Laura is a state worker and HAS to live in NJ. It's a condition of her employment.
Who says she has to keep working for the state of NJ?
It's her dream job. The exact position where she can excel most and be the most happy. I'm just not going to take that away from her
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
Wow - why? sounds like you need a new car.
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
Wow - why? sounds like you need a new car.
It's a ton of mileage and I stick to my 5,000 mile maintenance schedule. I have a 2013 hyundai sonata
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
So the only gotcha about the new place is that they could raise the rates on you every year?
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
So the only gotcha about the new place is that they could raise the rates on you every year?
Every place raises rent unless you're rent controlled but a 20% increase is insane.
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
So the only gotcha about the new place is that they could raise the rates on you every year?
Every place raises rent unless you're rent controlled but a 20% increase is insane.
Agreed. I'd opt to have something in my rental contact about keeping the price set for a year or two.
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
So the only gotcha about the new place is that they could raise the rates on you every year?
Every place raises rent unless you're rent controlled but a 20% increase is insane.
Agreed. I'd opt to have something in my rental contact about keeping the price set for a year or two.
They only do 1 year leases. I asked for a 2 year.
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
Wtf? How is that possible? Sounds like you need to invest in a new car. I have a 2014 Forester I put 60 miles on a day... I still don't hit 400$ every month even when gas is included. Sounds like you need to start changing your own oil.
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
Wtf? How is that possible? Sounds like you need to invest in a new car. I have a 2014 Forester I put 60 miles on a day... I still don't hit 400$ every month even when gas is included. Sounds like you need to start changing your own oil.
I put 70-100 miles on it a day
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
Wtf? How is that possible? Sounds like you need to invest in a new car. I have a 2014 Forester I put 60 miles on a day... I still don't hit 400$ every month even when gas is included. Sounds like you need to start changing your own oil.
I put 70-100 miles on it a day
I have an Aveo right now (they're known to be s***), driving it ~70 miles a day, and I don't put $400 a month into the thing, gas and maintenance included!
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
Wtf? How is that possible? Sounds like you need to invest in a new car. I have a 2014 Forester I put 60 miles on a day... I still don't hit 400$ every month even when gas is included. Sounds like you need to start changing your own oil.
I put 70-100 miles on it a day
I have an Aveo right now (they're known to be s***), driving it ~70 miles a day, and I don't put $400 a month into the thing, gas and maintenance included!
It's $400 every 1.5 months for maintenance. Part of the fees being higher is because i have a hybrid.
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
So the only gotcha about the new place is that they could raise the rates on you every year?
Every place raises rent unless you're rent controlled but a 20% increase is insane.
Every place probably can - but the last place I had before I purchased didn't raise my rent for the 7 years I was there.
I too have a hybrid - I put 40+ miles a day on my car - what are your fees?And I pay someone to put oil in my car. ($90/change) what are your fess that are costing you so much? Are they putting a new air filter in every time? and flushing the coolant every time? This definitely seems excessive.
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
Wtf? How is that possible? Sounds like you need to invest in a new car. I have a 2014 Forester I put 60 miles on a day... I still don't hit 400$ every month even when gas is included. Sounds like you need to start changing your own oil.
I put 70-100 miles on it a day
I have an Aveo right now (they're known to be s***), driving it ~70 miles a day, and I don't put $400 a month into the thing, gas and maintenance included!
It's $400 every 1.5 months for maintenance. Part of the fees being higher is because i have a hybrid.
Oh, so you really don't like keeping money in your pocket. Have you had to replace the battery pack yet?
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
Wtf? How is that possible? Sounds like you need to invest in a new car. I have a 2014 Forester I put 60 miles on a day... I still don't hit 400$ every month even when gas is included. Sounds like you need to start changing your own oil.
I put 70-100 miles on it a day
I have an Aveo right now (they're known to be s***), driving it ~70 miles a day, and I don't put $400 a month into the thing, gas and maintenance included!
It's $400 every 1.5 months for maintenance. Part of the fees being higher is because i have a hybrid.
Oh, so you really don't like keeping money in your pocket. Have you had to replace the battery pack yet?
No I think I hit that at 60k or something. I need to check my manual.
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
So the only gotcha about the new place is that they could raise the rates on you every year?
Every place raises rent unless you're rent controlled but a 20% increase is insane.
Every place probably can - but the last place I had before I purchased didn't raise my rent for the 7 years I was there.
I too have a hybrid - I put 40+ miles a day on my car - what are your fees?And I pay someone to put oil in my car. ($90/change) what are your fess that are costing you so much? Are they putting a new air filter in every time? and flushing the coolant every time? This definitely seems excessive.
I'll look over the receipts and let you know specifically. This time (Thursday) I'm getting new tires so its going to be expensive.
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
So the only gotcha about the new place is that they could raise the rates on you every year?
Every place raises rent unless you're rent controlled but a 20% increase is insane.
Every place probably can - but the last place I had before I purchased didn't raise my rent for the 7 years I was there.
I too have a hybrid - I put 40+ miles a day on my car - what are your fees?And I pay someone to put oil in my car. ($90/change) what are your fess that are costing you so much? Are they putting a new air filter in every time? and flushing the coolant every time? This definitely seems excessive.
I'll look over the receipts and let you know specifically. This time (Thursday) I'm getting new tires so its going to be expensive.
That's probably for the best... it really sounds like you are being taken advantage of.... shop around for different mechanics.
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
Wtf? How is that possible? Sounds like you need to invest in a new car. I have a 2014 Forester I put 60 miles on a day... I still don't hit 400$ every month even when gas is included. Sounds like you need to start changing your own oil.
I put 70-100 miles on it a day
I have an Aveo right now (they're known to be s***), driving it ~70 miles a day, and I don't put $400 a month into the thing, gas and maintenance included!
It's $400 every 1.5 months for maintenance. Part of the fees being higher is because i have a hybrid.
Oh, so you really don't like keeping money in your pocket. Have you had to replace the battery pack yet?
No I think I hit that at 60k or something. I need to check my manual.
That's going to be a big bill.... it's why I just don't consider electric or hybrid ready yet.
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There were third party battery pack options in the past, but they seem to have all failed.
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
Wtf? How is that possible? Sounds like you need to invest in a new car. I have a 2014 Forester I put 60 miles on a day... I still don't hit 400$ every month even when gas is included. Sounds like you need to start changing your own oil.
I put 70-100 miles on it a day
I have an Aveo right now (they're known to be s***), driving it ~70 miles a day, and I don't put $400 a month into the thing, gas and maintenance included!
It's $400 every 1.5 months for maintenance. Part of the fees being higher is because i have a hybrid.
Oh, so you really don't like keeping money in your pocket. Have you had to replace the battery pack yet?
No I think I hit that at 60k or something. I need to check my manual.
That's going to be a big bill.... it's why I just don't consider electric or hybrid ready yet.
I'm pretty sure the numbers still end up being less expensive for an all electric car even when you take into account the battery pack change when compared to similar gas cars with a normal maintenance schedule. Hybrids on the other hand are almost always more expensive.
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So Laura and I went to see an apartment this weekend that is much closer to work. It's an extra $400 a month for an apartment that is half the size of our current one. It's to be expected though. The further north you go in NJ the higher the prices. This place bases their leases on market value, whether your windows face the parking lot or trees, current amount of vacancies, etc. I asked them what the cost of living has been historically from the lowest to the highest and they said 10% - 20% per year. Wat? My current place goes up by $50 each year. This place could possibly be $4,000 more next year? It seems like our choices are either affordable unsafe areas or unaffordable safe areas. I've lived in crappy areas before myself but I can't do that with Laura around. Really frustrating situation. I asked her to find places with her ideal pricing and she found 4 places with high crime rates. Ughhhh.
If you are happy where you are at, don't move. The commute sucks, but being safe and having affordable housing sucks less.
It ends up costing us a lot just in gas and car maintenance. I'm driving an hour each way every day.
But probably not $400 a month in Gas and car maintenance?
I spend $400 on average every 1.5 months on maintenance alone. not even including gas
Wtf? How is that possible? Sounds like you need to invest in a new car. I have a 2014 Forester I put 60 miles on a day... I still don't hit 400$ every month even when gas is included. Sounds like you need to start changing your own oil.
I put 70-100 miles on it a day
I have an Aveo right now (they're known to be s***), driving it ~70 miles a day, and I don't put $400 a month into the thing, gas and maintenance included!
It's $400 every 1.5 months for maintenance. Part of the fees being higher is because i have a hybrid.
Oh, so you really don't like keeping money in your pocket. Have you had to replace the battery pack yet?
No I think I hit that at 60k or something. I need to check my manual.
That's going to be a big bill.... it's why I just don't consider electric or hybrid ready yet.
I'm pretty sure the numbers still end up being less expensive for an all electric car even when you take into account the battery pack change when compared to similar gas cars with a normal maintenance schedule. Hybrids on the other hand are almost always more expensive.
My next car may be a Tesla if Elon Musk can hit the price points he's claiming
