Originally Posted by
J R Hartley
Im fortunate my mortgage is very low so I havent really been impacted by rents and house prices going beserk in the last few years, but both myself and wife work full time and with two teenage kids still have to live very much month-to-month. Dont get me wrong we do like to spend and dont scrimp and save for a rainy day (No good being the richest man in the cemetry) but I honestly dont know how people on minimum wage, or only one wage going into a household are able to survive. I really dont.
We are on holidays tomorrow its £5/6k for a half decent week away somwhere now for the 4 of us. Even a weeks holiday has become a luxury a lot of people cant afford. Something most people took for granted 5-10 years ago.
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