this is how much the american dream costs, not many can pay

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i'm living with my parents and saving all the money i can. considering how much i make compared to my expenses, i'm nearly "rich". i'm saving money faster than my parents ever did, and i can afford to travel overseas (which sometimes i do). but that's not leisure or entertainment. it's for my sanity. "something to do with my life". i don't trust my ability to keep making money in the long term, so this money isn't meant for spending

as i said in another thread, there was a time when i did live for a short while right in the middle of an "american dream" neighborhood. before that, i was wary and suspicious of the whole thing. since then, i just downright abhor it. it's a twisted mentality. so much guilt-tripping with all the things you're "supposed to be grateful for" regardless if you feel your life has any meaning. there's a rhetoric of modesty but a very materialistic outlook on life in practice

i'd trade with you in a new York second!

the people who can easily afford the American dream tend to look down their noses at the rest of us. I think of it more like the American lotto than the American dream.