Radar
Very Well-Known Member
Some people get a bit uppity about opinions, lmfao.
I realise it is usually (not always, but usually) necessary to take loans. And it's not a bad thing, but I find too many people living far outside their means on credit and wondering why it all comes undone so easily. If you do it with a level head is isn't a big deal, too many people just get the $$$ signs in their eyes.
I guess it comes down to lifestyle and location. We don't live in Sydney, we live in Townsville, and not in the CBD, although the commute for my partner who works there is only 25 mins of easy driving in the morning and the parking is free
We don't want for a mansion, a nice reno'd queenslander on a decent chunk of land with plenty of potential to make it 'ours' rather than like all the others would be great. To pay a million bucks for a house around here you'd have to be a total nutter.
No inheritence or handouts for me, just work. I started out mowing lawns with my dads ute as soon as I could drive and was making $600 a weekend cash in hand as a 17 year old with the only outlay being a bit of fuel, every weekend for 3 years, then work through uni while living at home, and now living in a very low rent house (but a very nice one at that, the owner has lost her marbles I think). This plays a big part of it, paying little rent certainly helps. We cook meals that will last a few nights out of fresh foods, I hunt ferals for sport but they also fill the freezer (and helps the environment). Cut meat out of a shopping bill and it becomes quite cheap, my breakfast, smoko and lunches costs me $30 a week
I don't pay loads of tax, but the 15 to 20 K a year that do go to tax would be good to have in my pocket
Kids. Ha. Don't even go there. There's probably enough people on the planet already.
In this pole I voted yes. It's a bit broader than that though. I agree with it in principal but the way it is implemented could do with a shake up (as could most things in politics).
http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/member/abnrmal91-26757/
Australia is not the root of the problem, but you have to start somewhere. If I never started saving my first grand, I'd never buy a house, as far away as that seems when you start out.
And I don't have my life in order, trust me, far from it. Im just lucky
I realise it is usually (not always, but usually) necessary to take loans. And it's not a bad thing, but I find too many people living far outside their means on credit and wondering why it all comes undone so easily. If you do it with a level head is isn't a big deal, too many people just get the $$$ signs in their eyes.
I guess it comes down to lifestyle and location. We don't live in Sydney, we live in Townsville, and not in the CBD, although the commute for my partner who works there is only 25 mins of easy driving in the morning and the parking is free
We don't want for a mansion, a nice reno'd queenslander on a decent chunk of land with plenty of potential to make it 'ours' rather than like all the others would be great. To pay a million bucks for a house around here you'd have to be a total nutter. No inheritence or handouts for me, just work. I started out mowing lawns with my dads ute as soon as I could drive and was making $600 a weekend cash in hand as a 17 year old with the only outlay being a bit of fuel, every weekend for 3 years, then work through uni while living at home, and now living in a very low rent house (but a very nice one at that, the owner has lost her marbles I think). This plays a big part of it, paying little rent certainly helps. We cook meals that will last a few nights out of fresh foods, I hunt ferals for sport but they also fill the freezer (and helps the environment). Cut meat out of a shopping bill and it becomes quite cheap, my breakfast, smoko and lunches costs me $30 a week
I don't pay loads of tax, but the 15 to 20 K a year that do go to tax would be good to have in my pocket
Kids. Ha. Don't even go there. There's probably enough people on the planet already.
In this pole I voted yes. It's a bit broader than that though. I agree with it in principal but the way it is implemented could do with a shake up (as could most things in politics).
http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/member/abnrmal91-26757/
Australia is not the root of the problem, but you have to start somewhere. If I never started saving my first grand, I'd never buy a house, as far away as that seems when you start out.
And I don't have my life in order, trust me, far from it. Im just lucky
