That's like 2800 a month net pay adjusted for inflation. Not awful for middle of nowhere America, but Homer was hilariously underpaid considering his position, he should be earning at least twice that amount for a chief safety inspector.
burns feared his teamster rallying capacities so gave him a cushy job to keep him sedate and he's so lazy/detached he doesn't know he's being underpaid
I've done similar jobs without a college degree and could probably get a mortgage for a house if the work wasn't contract work, unfortunately most work like that nowadays is sourced via a third party recruitment company, so you could get let go at any moment because there's no big client or the season has changed and you're just not needed.
So you end up living on your savings for 3+ months until you get another contract job, wash, rinse, repeat, there's zero job security anymore, if I didn't put my savings into crypto in 2018-19 I'd probably still be stuck in that loop today.
I've done similar jobs without a college degree and could probably get a mortgage for a house if the work wasn't contract work, unfortunately most work like that nowadays is sourced via a third party recruitment company, so you could get let go at any moment because there's no big client or the season has changed and you're just not needed.
So you end up living on your savings for 3+ months until you get another contract job, wash, rinse, repeat, there's zero job security anymore, if I didn't put my savings into crypto in 2018-19 I'd probably still be stuck in that loop today.
If you were smart you'd go into "engineering" on a ship. Similar thing where you don't need a college degree, you just need to have graduated from a 1-2 year trade school type of thing. You end up working 180 days on 180 days off 12 hour days on container ships circling the globe making six figures to start.
didn't they explain it as Abe giving up his farmhouse for the deposit and some 'fast track' system or something (a govt program to give struggling people houses?) Flanders refers to
they're portrayed as living in/looking at some pretty dingy places prior to that >including that one with the classic 'murder scene body outline' I must remember to use in the next tired movie cliche thread lol
This was true in the 90s and 2000s, but not anymore. New construction middleclass housing is six figures and continually going up. Texans have been spreading north and fricking up the cost of living as they go. The government has also been shifting refugees to the Midwest for decades so the cities aren't what they used to be, and Chicanos from the West and Latinos from south of the border are filling up the old farm towns. What's left of the cheap land and housing is dilapidated and full of white trash meth zombies and biker gangs. Politics is absolute trash out here, and a lot of our schools can't even meet basic funding needs. And the weather is atrocious. The winters are freezing and wet, and the summers are hot and muggy. I've known several east coasters who've moved out here for the low cost of living, and they all ended up moving back because they hated it here. The only people who live here do it because they have to, and this includes me. I'm waiting for my parents to die and then I'm moving back to the east coast. Do not come here, you will regret it.
The realtor saw his legendary moment where he scored four touchdowns in one game and showed him a cheap house that used to be a dead Black person storage.
according to Cinemaphile everyone in America is on some sort of food stamp and rent support program so its probably easier than it looks >seen enough eps of Hoarders and similar 'every day Americans' shows that basically confirm this too
I personally own nothing and am completely fine with it. Riding the bus is fun and it's nice to have a good friendship with my landlord and my roommates. Nice to have friends instead of being a bitter incel schizoposting on a saturday morning
thanks israelites
That's like 2800 a month net pay adjusted for inflation. Not awful for middle of nowhere America, but Homer was hilariously underpaid considering his position, he should be earning at least twice that amount for a chief safety inspector.
burns feared his teamster rallying capacities so gave him a cushy job to keep him sedate and he's so lazy/detached he doesn't know he's being underpaid
No it's more like $1200, which is still not enough to get you a house like that on a biweekly salary.
Adjust by episode air date.
What's the date? The later the date the smaller adjusted income.
Much Apu About Nothing
May 1996
Lmao just double it
$12/hour
Working on power plant is lower middle class?
Homer made $40 a day in season 5. (~1992-3).
Thats $5 an hour.
I've done similar jobs without a college degree and could probably get a mortgage for a house if the work wasn't contract work, unfortunately most work like that nowadays is sourced via a third party recruitment company, so you could get let go at any moment because there's no big client or the season has changed and you're just not needed.
So you end up living on your savings for 3+ months until you get another contract job, wash, rinse, repeat, there's zero job security anymore, if I didn't put my savings into crypto in 2018-19 I'd probably still be stuck in that loop today.
If you were smart you'd go into "engineering" on a ship. Similar thing where you don't need a college degree, you just need to have graduated from a 1-2 year trade school type of thing. You end up working 180 days on 180 days off 12 hour days on container ships circling the globe making six figures to start.
didn't they explain it as Abe giving up his farmhouse for the deposit and some 'fast track' system or something (a govt program to give struggling people houses?) Flanders refers to
they're portrayed as living in/looking at some pretty dingy places prior to that
>including that one with the classic 'murder scene body outline' I must remember to use in the next tired movie cliche thread lol
He’s a nuclear safety inspector and the house was bought in the 80’s
It's affordable now. Move to the Midwest.
This was true in the 90s and 2000s, but not anymore. New construction middleclass housing is six figures and continually going up. Texans have been spreading north and fricking up the cost of living as they go. The government has also been shifting refugees to the Midwest for decades so the cities aren't what they used to be, and Chicanos from the West and Latinos from south of the border are filling up the old farm towns. What's left of the cheap land and housing is dilapidated and full of white trash meth zombies and biker gangs. Politics is absolute trash out here, and a lot of our schools can't even meet basic funding needs. And the weather is atrocious. The winters are freezing and wet, and the summers are hot and muggy. I've known several east coasters who've moved out here for the low cost of living, and they all ended up moving back because they hated it here. The only people who live here do it because they have to, and this includes me. I'm waiting for my parents to die and then I'm moving back to the east coast. Do not come here, you will regret it.
The real question was how Al Bundy could afford his house as a shoe salesman
The realtor saw his legendary moment where he scored four touchdowns in one game and showed him a cheap house that used to be a dead Black person storage.
Any boomer that says the word avocado deserves death.
More immigration will fix this
And don't forget higher taxes.
Buy an average 1970 house instead of an average 2020 house.
BRING BACK 60s STYLE STARTER HOMES
Youll rent a shithole with broken foundation for 1800 a monthg and youll like it.
This was the home of an extremely poor family in the early 90s
according to Cinemaphile everyone in America is on some sort of food stamp and rent support program so its probably easier than it looks
>seen enough eps of Hoarders and similar 'every day Americans' shows that basically confirm this too
>average middle class family house
They were clearly wealthy, you dolt, they just don't dwell on that fact because it alienates wagie audiences.
morons like to meme. The Wet Bandits specifically targeted the neighborhood because it was nothing but affluent families.
>Middle class family just takes a vacation to Europe with 10 + people LMAO
They were clearly upper incomeThey were clearly upper income
What's the tiny room between the kitchen and nebulous rumpus room supposed to be?
homer I had a working class job, My address unemployed. That would definitely working class, and would realistically be living out of a trailer
Where's the dining room?
It's that narrow rectangular room right next to the stairs
Ah yes. Thx
didn't notice how much this show relied on it's 'middle-aged male loser' characters for much of it's jokes until I became one myself
The creatives on the show sure were happy they didn't have to work a regular job.
Homer clearly lived beyond his means. They even joke about it in the Sneed scene.
I personally own nothing and am completely fine with it. Riding the bus is fun and it's nice to have a good friendship with my landlord and my roommates. Nice to have friends instead of being a bitter incel schizoposting on a saturday morning
>Riding the bus is fun
People with mental problems dont get to have opinions.
*taps 'do not talk to shitposters' sign*
wait. its saturday?
oh frick
so do the chinese children that made the phone/laptop you're posting from still own it or what?