Horsey

I know this might sound offcolor, but why even have a car at all at that point? Why not move to a supermajor city where you can bike/transit everywhere instead?

I was in a very similar situation to you when I moved out of my parents’s house and above is similar to what I did.

Any time you see a headline about population collapse, remember that the hidden complaint is that wages will rise when there are less people in the job market.

So many business models are predicated on hiring low skilled, failed individuals to do menial labor for close to nothing in a job they can’t afford to quit.

When there are more people who are highly educated, slop jobs disappear which is a good thing.

35 here: my cooking before I could afford to eat out every meal was boiled chicken and rice. The prep time for meals that I enjoy are multi hour affairs, and I’d rather work an extra hour for a meal prepared by a professional whose food I enjoy.