Where The $$$ Is...

[MrHyeSev]

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I hope your fortune continues brother.

[4rmLA]

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I work in two fields. Im a Independent Auto Insurance Appraiser. I work for a few insurance companies and for those of you that know about my job. You know that we make extra $ on the side. I also own and operate a arcade game called Stacker(2). I worked as a asst mgr at a arcade for a over a year and gained alot of experience in that industry. Trust me that 70K doesnt come easy, but its there. The point is the money is out there, do what you have to do to make it. Dont make unrealistic goals and dont expect overnight success.

[One-Way]

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70k, what exactly do you do Sir?

Are you using this thread to find careers that "make bank" so you can pursue them?

[MrHyeSev]

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This is such a random thread. What makes you think that people in the computer industry make bank? There have been so many people graduating in the past decade with some type of comp degree. Its overflooded the market. Also, like somone stated above "what do you consider bank". To tell you the truth I'd say 10% of people in the comp industry make "bank". Everybody else makes decent money.

As far as "where the real money is". Its out there, go out and get it. If your smart enough, you will make somthing of yourself. Im 23 yrs old and I make 70K. Granted the parents helped me out financially at one point. You just gotta keep your eyes open to business opportunities cause theyre right in front of you. This world is filled with opportunities and believe me Im not stopping untill I make "bank"

70k, what exactly do you do Sir?

[4rmLA]

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This is such a random thread. What makes you think that people in the computer industry make bank? There have been so many people graduating in the past decade with some type of comp degree. Its overflooded the market. Also, like somone stated above "what do you consider bank". To tell you the truth I'd say 10% of people in the comp industry make "bank". Everybody else makes decent money.

As far as "where the real money is". Its out there, go out and get it. If your smart enough, you will make somthing of yourself. Im 23 yrs old and I make 70K. Granted the parents helped me out financially at one point. You just gotta keep your eyes open to business opportunities cause theyre right in front of you. This world is filled with opportunities and believe me Im not stopping untill I make "bank"

[iFemale]

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Dental field FTW! People will always need fix-up on their "grillz!"

[Crimson Glow]

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Holy shit, Crimson. You're taking this personal, aren't you? How about you keep to yourself, huh? You're not worth the time to respond.

Uhhhh....what the HELL are you talking about? Keep what to myself? And I'm taking this personally? Projecting a bit, by chance? Nothing I have said thus far suggests that. On the other hand, you greatly exaggerated figures to the extreme on both ends on your last post based on absolutely nothing (which I will demonstrate below), which indicates you're arguing out of emotion, not logic. To top it off, you unjustly locked the thread for no qualifying reason other than to disallow me the opportunity to respond to all the fallacies and inaccuracies in said post. I would say that suggests YOU'RE taking this personally, not me. I couldn't care less where it's more expensive to live. My main concern was Armenians letting $$ and status dictate their life choices (i.e. what career to choose, what to drive, etc.) For you to respond by telling me how I'm talking things, or throwing out unsubstantiated facts, and then locking the thread so no one could correct them was extremely uncalled for.

You're like those little kids who Google how much a physicatrist's salary is, then make the decision to become on.

What the? Again, how did anything I've said relate to the above statement? The whole reason I even posted in this thread is to CONDEMN the use of such methods to determine what career one should go into, and you quoted me, agreeing ecstatically. Remember, Mr. "Couldn't have said it better myself. Glad I'm not alone in this"? Oh how quickly they forget.

I live in Burbank and for a 2/3 bedroom apartment, it's rougly $3,000 a month. I haven't seen anything much lower. Unless you want to live in a shit infested place; you'll find it with your "averages."

If there isn't anything much lower, how is the average that low? If the majority are so much higher as you say, then that would reflect in/bump up the average itself. I can't really compare our 3 bedroom pricing to yours, because....well.... a 3 bdrm apartment is unheard of in the suburbs here. Look, I'm not debating it's more expensive to get an apartment there, or that it's more expensive to live there. However, the discrepancy in prices you express seems a wee bit over the top, which even Siggie pointed out with HER own experience (if we're going to argue stats vs. "reality/experience from living there").

The fact is life is more expensive in California than Illinois.

That is a completely unsubstantiated blanket statement. There are great variances and extremes in the cost of living within ANY state. For example, you can't compare living in the super upscale communities of Chicago, for which, you'd need a DEEP, deep 6-digit income, to living in Moline, where you can live like a king even on just $40k/yr. Here are some examples of what it will cost you to rent in some of the swanky areas of Chicago (downtown/the loop, Streeterville, Lincoln Park, etc):

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/apa/1026514649.html

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/apa/1026098229.html

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/apa/1025864325.html

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/apa/1026306101.html

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/apa/1026458661.html

Do you even know where I live? It seems like you've gotten this impression that all of IL is like some typical midwest farm town with a population of 3,000, where you can buy 2 acres for $20k. Naperville is an upper-middle class SW suburb of Chicago with a population of over 140k. While there's no doubt So Cal IS more expensive to live in, I assure you, the difference is not as astronomical as you'd apparently like it to be.

Jesus Christ, our gas prices shot up to $6 last year whereas you guys barely see anything above $2. You're little stats sheets don't provide all the facts.

Ummm....you insult actual official stats as not providing all the facts while completely making up numbers of your own? Where exactly did you get that $2 figure from? Are you seriously not aware that the NATIONAL AVERAGE was over $4/gal during the peak in gas prices? Jesus Christ, I paid over $2/gal YESTERDAY, let alone 6 months ago. Chicago requires a "special blend" of gas, which is added on top of the cost of oil. Chicago DID have the highest gas prices in the nation at one point during the height of the spike period. Given the city I live in is a SW suburb of Chicago, we're only about $ .20/gal or so cheaper here. In fact, at its peak, we were paying close to $5/gal, which according to all the
LA and So Cal news outlets and fellow car club members from the area, is about what you guys out there were paying. Care to try again?

I'm trying to tell you how I see it where I live. You want to pull out this fact shit on me on a forum, come on.

Oh yes. Using facts is terrible when debating, or trying to reach a conclusion. Sure, you can only rely on them to an extent, and they don't paint the whole picture. However, it's a HELL of a lot better to go off of than what you just tried to pull, which is numbers out of thin air. If you want to dispute stats, or make counter arguments, I have no problem with that what so ever. But if you can't express your disagreements in a civilized, tactful manner, or base them on something other than anger at someone disagreeing with you, then perhaps it is you who should "keep it to yourself". You're a moderator. You know better.

[KanadaHye]

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One-way, I found 2 bedrooms in Burbank last year, not sh it infested around ~1500.

That said, Crimson, your numbers (whether means or medians) will not paint an accurate picture of the actual data. You want to see the difference, then find a measure of the variability (variance or standard deviation).\

People also don't just say I'll live where it's cheaper because we are social beings and we go where we have a support system. Or where your family settled. Yours happened to go to Ill.
People tell me I'm crazy when I say, I want to move back go LA when I'm done with school, asking me how I'll ever be able to live there and buy house. I say, that's my problem, and I'll figure something out, but I cannot leave my family and friends. Been there, done that, can't stand it any longer than I have to.
Now if it was a matter of either being able to provide food, shelter, and necessities for my family, then certainly, I would consider moving over being homeless or losing our home, etc.

Haven't you seen the movie Escape from L.A. ???

[Siggie]

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One-way, I found 2 bedrooms in Burbank last year, not sh it infested around ~1500.

That said, Crimson, your numbers (whether means or medians) will not paint an accurate picture of the actual data. You want to see the difference, then find a measure of the variability (variance or standard deviation).\

People also don't just say I'll live where it's cheaper because we are social beings and we go where we have a support system. Or where your family settled. Yours happened to go to Ill.
People tell me I'm crazy when I say, I want to move back go LA when I'm done with school, asking me how I'll ever be able to live there and buy house. I say, that's my problem, and I'll figure something out, but I cannot leave my family and friends. Been there, done that, can't stand it any longer than I have to.
Now if it was a matter of either being able to provide food, shelter, and necessities for my family, then certainly, I would consider moving over being homeless or losing our home, etc.

[One-Way]

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Holy shit, Crimson. You're taking this personal, aren't you?

How about you keep to yourself, huh? You're not worth the time to respond. Go by your little stats. You're like those little kids who Google how much a physicatrist's salary is, then make the decision to become on.

I live in Burbank and for a 2/3 bedroom apartment, it's rougly $3,000 a month. I haven't seen anything much lower. Unless you want to live in a shit infested place; you'll find it with your "averages."

The fact is life is more expensive in California than Illinois. Jesus Christ, our gas prices shot up to $6 last year whereas you guys barely see anything above $2. You're little stats sheets don't provide all the facts.

I'm trying to tell you how I see it where I live. You want to pull out this fact shit on me on a forum, come on.