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ngdawg · 01-12-2005, 07:12 PM

Here in NJ we can barely make our mortgage and bills with over $65k gross a year. Granted, we have cell phones and cable-they run us about $170 total a month. But, because of the high cost of surviving after I lost my job last year, feeding and clothing 2 kids, we ended up running up our credit cards and it's hard to get those down. Any place else, we'd be doing pretty well on this-here, it's panic time every week.
I saw that John Stossel piece-families in the Bronx with bare mattresses, but VCR's and large tv's, etc. I don't see how the area of the Bronx he was in could possibly be considered the 'poorest area in the US'.

01-12-2005, 07:12 PM	#13 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Here in NJ we can barely make our mortgage and bills with over $65k gross a year. Granted, we have cell phones and cable-they run us about $170 total a month. But, because of the high cost of surviving after I lost my job last year, feeding and clothing 2 kids, we ended up running up our credit cards and it's hard to get those down. Any place else, we'd be doing pretty well on this-here, it's panic time every week. I saw that John Stossel piece-families in the Bronx with bare mattresses, but VCR's and large tv's, etc. I don't see how the area of the Bronx he was in could possibly be considered the 'poorest area in the US'.