Is 120k salary enough to enjoy DC ?

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Hey, some of us are miserable no matter what the income 😘

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Yes. But no avocado toast for you

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Nope. Nothing less than 200k

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Washingtonienne enjoy, or ‘make it rain’ enjoy?

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Absolutely not you will be miserable on anything less than a million tbh

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No, you're going to be a pleb

Depends on what you like to do and if you are the spender in the group or relationship. I could be making 50k and is my man pays for everything, then yes, I’d be living just fine

Yes, plenty

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Yes, this isn’t NYC.

Oh yeah, definitely enough as a single person or with a partner who is also working. Not nearly enough for kids or as a sole income earner with kids.

Nope. Even zero will do.

I am enjoying it on 65k

Apart from like Zurich I think 120k is enough for any city...including nyc.

yes, lived in DC for 2 years. was making more, but my roommate was about 90-100k. i always figured 120k would be enough to live pretty comfortably in DC, especially if you don’t have any debt.

my personal expenses (drinking, rent, socializing, etc) typically hovered around 5k/mo. YMMV but i was a fairly big spender so you should be fine.

i strongly recommend finding a roommate and not paying $2200-3000 for your own 1br on U street. find a roommate, live in a nice place, cut your expenses a bit.

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