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re: The Minimum Salary You Need To Be Happy in the Biggest Cities
Posted on 11/28/19 at 10:29 am to StupidBinder
Posted on 11/28/19 at 10:29 am to StupidBinder
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The numbers are actually higher than I expected.
Plenty of people in the world who are making well into six figure range and are miserable.
There are also people who are IRL poor and are happier than ballers.
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Posted on 11/28/19 at 10:29 am to East Coast Band
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I was always told that money can't buy happiness.
Posted on 11/28/19 at 10:54 am to Cotten
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So they’re saying there’s no difference emotionally from $112k and $9 mil a year? Research seems pretty skewed and subjective.
The article title was worded poorly IMO.
The best way to interpret this study (and studies like it) is that there is a correlation between an incremental increase in income and increases in happiness...to a point. At that point, the correlation falls off rapidly.
Think of it as the point at which whatever suffering you’re experiencing isn’t being driven by a lack of material wealth. At that point, buying more stuff isn’t really solving serious problems for you. That’s roughly upper-middle class for most people, and at that point, additional material wealth doesn’t raise your “baseline” happiness level.
So yes, having “frick you money” allows you to buy a lot of stuff, but what studies show is that after the initial feeling of satisfaction, people typically revert back to their baseline happiness.
Posted on 11/28/19 at 10:59 am to Kafka
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"I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any big city on Earth." -- Steve McQueen
Yeah...because it has to be one or the other.
Posted on 11/28/19 at 10:59 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Happiness is an inside job. Not buying this garbage. 
Posted on 11/28/19 at 11:03 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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Austin, Texas
Salary you need to be happy: $136,500
Salary you need for life evaluation: $123,500
Salary you need for emotional well-being: $78,000-$97,500
Austin is higher than some very big cities with incredible amenities:
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Dallas, TX
Salary you need to be happy: $113,085
Salary you need for life evaluation: $102,315
Salary you need for emotional well-being: $64,620-$80,775
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Chicago, IL
Salary you need to be happy: $123,690
Salary you need for life evaluation: $111,910
Salary you need for emotional well-being: $70,680-$88,350
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Minneapolis, MN
Salary you need to be happy: $122,220
Salary you need for life evaluation: $110,580
Salary you need for emotional well-being: $69,840-$87,300
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Philadelphia, PA
Salary you need to be happy: $116,340
Salary you need for life evaluation: $105,260
Salary you need for emotional well-being: $66,480-$83,100
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Phoenix, AZ
Salary you need to be happy: $119,070
Salary you need for life evaluation: $107,730
Salary you need for emotional well-being: $68,040-$85,050
Also - Memphis and Oklahoma City have incredibly awesome costs of living:
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Memphis, Tennessee
Salary you need to be happy: $88,515
Salary you need for life evaluation: $80,085
Salary you need for emotional well-being: $50,580-$63,225
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Oklahoma City, OK
Salary you need to be happy: $96,075
Salary you need for life evaluation: $86,925
Salary you need for emotional well-being: $54,900-$68,625
Conclusion: I'm glad I didn't live in Austin before I earned a bigger salary.
Also - why are so many federal employees based in DC? They don't need to be anymore.
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Washington, D.C.
Salary you need to be happy: $182,595
Salary you need for life evaluation: $165,205
Salary you need for emotional well-being: $104,340-$130,425
Oklahoma City and Memphis seem like better deals for federal employees and the taxpayers.
This post was edited on 11/28/19 at 11:07 am
Posted on 11/28/19 at 11:11 am to weadjust
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If we did a poll on the OT. The majority would say the best days of the lives were when they were a broke arse college student
That has more to do with responsibilities than money. Making a shite ton of money as a college student wouldn't have made me less happy.
Posted on 11/28/19 at 11:20 am to goofball
quote:w/ very good reason
Also - Memphis and Oklahoma City have incredibly awesome costs of livin
Posted on 11/28/19 at 11:32 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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The Minimum Salary You Need To Be Happy
Was this written by a 14 year old girl?
Posted on 11/28/19 at 11:32 am to GRTiger
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That has more to do with responsibilities than money
And youth.
Posted on 11/28/19 at 11:34 am to Joshjrn
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mind how little there is for me to do afterwards.
Unlimited outdoor recreation
Posted on 11/28/19 at 11:45 am to Mid Iowa Tiger
If money is no problem for you, and you still can't find what makes you happy, you're an idiot.
Posted on 11/28/19 at 11:55 am to Hogbit
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If money is no problem for you, and you still can't find what makes you happy, you're an idiot.
There are a ton of very rich idiots then. I would venture a guess I run into more unhappy rich people than happy rich people.
Posted on 11/28/19 at 12:09 pm to CFFreak
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Happiness is an inside job.
Bingo.
Posted on 11/28/19 at 2:10 pm to East Coast Band
And that is a lie.
Being poor does not make you happy.
Being poor does not make you happy.
Posted on 11/28/19 at 4:59 pm to Passing Wind
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Correct but it dang sure makes life easier.
Not only that, but money unlocks the opportunity for certain experiences that not everyone can enjoy. Traveling the world with your family isn’t free nor is it cheap.
Posted on 11/28/19 at 5:05 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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Honolulu
Salary you need to be happy: $211,155
Salary you need for life evaluation: $191,045
Salary you need for emotional well-being: $120,660-$150,825
This is a lie
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Las Vegas
Salary you need to be happy: $126,105
Salary you need for life evaluation: $114,095
Salary you need for emotional well-being: $72,060-$90,075
And another
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San Diego
Salary you need to be happy: $186,375
Salary you need for life evaluation: $168,625
Salary you need for emotional well-being: $106,500-$133,125
And one more
Posted on 11/28/19 at 5:14 pm to SDVTiger
Honestly, happiness comes from giving more than receiving.
Posted on 11/28/19 at 5:36 pm to Kafka
God she’s hot
Posted on 11/28/19 at 5:38 pm to RogerTheShrubber
You people really can’t be bothered to read two paragraphs huh
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