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Lauren lives with her boy friend in Arizona and she would like two things very much:
- To get married – She and her long time boy friend have just finished expensive master’s degrees and their combined teaching salaries aren’t quite enough to fund a wedding.
- To feel safe walking at night – Their house has been broken into not once but twice this past year because they can’t afford to move. They did the next most effective thing which is to adopt two big dogs.
She has her eyes set on a neighbourhood 15 minutes west that they can’t quite afford to rent this year. She thinks that in a year or two if she gets a promotion, they’ll be able to swing it but they might have to chose between a better neighbourhood and getting married.
Money doesn’t solve all problems but it solves some. I wish for Lauren’s sake that she had a job that:
- Allows them to live wherever they can afford
- Has no income ceiling
- Allows her to work at night and enjoy the outside during the day
- Gives her a chance to make money at night and on the weekends to supplement her day job