I don’t understand how people are so bad at this?
You get to travel as a family, your kids get to play competitive baseball, you hang out at a ballpark all day.
Unless you or your kid is a complete loser, I don’t understand how this isn’t fun?
America is dotted with mid-sized regional hub cities like Chattanooga that are in general the closest to a best of all possible worlds as far as urban life/rural life mixture a place can get, lots of cultural activities and cool urban aesthetics with generally more manageable traffic and lower cost of living than the “big” cities.
People in the big cities spend much of their time shitting on these lovely manageably sized regional hubs because they’ve never been to them and are by and large the most provincial closed minded people you’ll ever meet
Not everyone who had tickets to the Morgan Wallen concert at Acrisure live in Pittsburgh, a lot of out of towners traveled from out of state, imagine driving 6-8 hours to see him and have prematurely canceled.
@MarkCHealey 1) the owners already agreed to a realistic salary floor that would fix the majority of the problem.
2) the NHL gap is 26% of it’s cap, why would the MLB gap be 9% of the cap?
The foundation of your argument is extremely flawed.
SHOCKING: A growing number of middle school athletes — mostly boys — are intentionally repeating 8th grade to delay their start in high school, giving themselves another full year to get bigger, stronger, and faster, which in turn dramatically boosts their chances at elite high school spots, college scholarships, and massive NIL deals potentially worth millions.
William La Jeunesse: “Of 8M high school students in sports only 7% will play in college.”
“On the other hand, the [likely] number one pick in this year’s NBA draft, [AJ Dybantsa], did 8th grade twice.”
CRAZY IDEA: How about we let more kids be kids!
Breaking—A huge new event is in the works involving a majority of CBB's blue bloods, sources tell @CBSSports. It's called the Diamond Cup. The debut is planned for 2027. It's a major, unprecedented scheduling idea. Can it all come together? Let's hope so. https://t.co/GSukG6ojoJ
K, let me give you a scenario.
Someone makes smart financial decisions. They graduate debt-free and have a used car paid off. Their salary is $70,000 in Utah County, which is above average.
Person wants to get a $500,000 townhome (average) in Utah County.
Down payment to avoid PMI: $100,000
Mortgage payment w/o PMI: $3,000/month
Their take home yearly is $53,080 after the government robs you. Doesn't include retirement or benefits. Subtract tithing, and that's $47,772, or $3,981/month.
Even after they somehow manage to save $100,000 for a down payment, just after housing cost, they're left with $981/month. That's for benefits, clothes, retirement, utilities, EVERYTHING.
Just to save $100,00 for that down payment will take nearly a decade.
This is why Gen Z is doomed. I don't disagree with hard work ethic, budgeting, etc., but the math isn't mathing for them to be successful. I agree they can do the best they can, but it SUCKS for them. And no, your situation if you weren't Gen Z was different.
I bought my first house for $169,000 on 4%, lol. I rented out the rooms to my buddies to pay my mortgage for me. I sold it 5 years later for $450,000 with it almost paid off. There is no entry level $169,000 houses for Gen Z to make and do that. Their cheap end is $400,000.
Every time these conversations start we go in circles, but two things can be true:
1) It is harder financially to get ahead than it was for previous generations
2) Many young people have insane issues with overconsumption and it's become so normalized they don't even realize
A little-known hack:
2 slices of Aldi wheat bread: $0.17
3 oz of Aldi deli turkey: $0.86
1 slices Aldi cheddar: $0.15
1 condiment of your choice: $0.02
1 apple: $0.53
1 hard boiled egg: $0.14
5 carrot sticks: $0.17
Cold water from the tap: $0.01
Total: $2.05
You can do this.
@CarolinaLion2 Cars and houses are way more difficult for my generation to buy, but spending over 7% of your salary on lunch during the week is INSANE.
That’s salary before taxes, $20/day on lunch is absolutely absurd.
Rodgers had 24 TD’s & 7 INT’s with a horrendous WR core, below average O line, one of the worst OCs ever and played with broken left wrist. The hate is just forced.