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Originally Posted by rscurtis
When I was a kid all you heard from your parents was to "do well in school so you don't grow up to be a garbage man or a janitor (custodial engineer). Turns out they're not such bad jobs after all. Combine that with a little side work put away for the future, and you're much better off than graduating college with 200K in debt to find your job went to India or China.
Regarding living in Manhattan for $75K, it's not going to happen. I had a business in Nassau County (second highest property taxes in the country). A "starter" home- a short sale- in Syosset is 400K and the taxes are over 10K. A family of four would need at least twice that Manhattan figure just to survive- figure just their taxes and health insurance costs would be near 3K per month- and we're not even talking principal and interest yet!
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In my high school the janitor Les was studying to get his teaching degree while working as a janitor. Turns out he made more than the teachers and stayed a janitor. My favorite teacher did lawn care in the summers when he wasnt working, ended up quitting teaching to cut grass and plow snow.
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1982 300CD Turbo ( Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
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10-02-2010, 08:29 PM
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