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Poctah t1_jeaj655 wrote

I’m not sure how they are either. We make 135k a year and have 2 kids and we are drowning latly. Our mortgage was $1.6k a month when we bought 3 years ago and reasonable but now it’s going up to $2.1k a month because taxes and insurance increased so much over the last 3 years(hoping the market tanks so we can lower the taxes back down🤔). Our utilities have gone up $150 a month with no increase in usage. Food cost are up about $200 more a month. My husband only gotten a 3% raise each year but health insurance increases have pretty much eaten all his raises since they somehow always go up about the same amount as his raise. Like how is anyone surviving anymore on less then 100k. We don’t even have any debt besides the house.

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Poctah t1_jeah4iy wrote

I feel like it never stops. We are in Kansas City,mo and our utilities were already high before covid and now they are sky high. We pay on average $125 a month for water/sewer($350 in summer when watering🤦‍♀️), $200 on electric and $150 on gas(those both are on balanced billing). So at this point my utilities are around $500 a month! When only 3 years ago it was around $350(still stupid high in my opinion but doable). We don’t use any more either so fucking ridiculous.

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Poctah t1_j4nm95i wrote

I was really into them in highschool but I didn’t know many people who listened to them, I think bands like good charlotte, sum 41, simple plan that had similar music were alot more popular but I think it’s because they came out when that type of music was really popular and sugar cult was a bit earlier so may be why it’s not as popular since they hit the scene early. Also I should note i was 14 when their first album came out so just starting highschool. Also thanks for making me feel old 😂

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Poctah t1_j1mn0td wrote

Depends on the person. My daughter is 7 and she is 49 inches tall and 65lbs She is considered overweight by bmi standards but she does competitive gymnastics and competitive tumbling/trampoline never stops moving(she’s at the gym 12 hours a week and spends at least 6 hours a week at home practicing on her own) so she has a ton of muscle mass and 0 fat on her body. So for her bmi is bs. With that said you are right that with most kids/adults it can be helpfully but there is outliers like athletes that it doesn’t work for.

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