You also dont pay for a whole house at once, 80k is more than enough for a down payment on any reasonably sized home

yeh

and an apartment is like 3k a month

"a house
you wont be able to get"

I'm assuming by house you mean one of those wooden jokes?

Only if you live in a coastal city that treats USD like monopoly money

this is what I mean by a house

$1500 a month anywhere else is going to be a pretty decent apartment

Country side is generally the best for houses

Places near the coast, like seattle, san francisco and florida cost way much more than a countryside house

"and an apartment is like 3k a month" Crap. Here that amount is like rent in a mansion.
8k ZAR is decent rent for a 3 bedroom, double garage, 2 bathroom brick house with a pool and half acre garden.

Even a moderately sized city inland has more sane rent

An apartment for 3k a month isnt the norm, Elbow

@Donaldus Triumphus That would be cheap here

that pic I mean

Partly because it would only last a few years

depends where the house is located

Insects would eat it quickly

if that was in the suburbs of seattle it would be like 600k

A house like that in America was probably built a few decades ago and will last quite a few more decades as long as its taken care of properly

Your salaries must be much higher than here then

I mean probablly

Its US compared to Africa

Our salaries are higher nationally but 600k is also at least double what that house is actually worth

yeh

@Ben Garrison "A house like that in America was probably built a few decades ago and will last quite a few more decades as long as its taken care of properly"
Same thing here wouldn't last 10 years if it is taken care of **VERY** well.

hmm

its so high simply because the location and most of the suburbs are slowly becoming modern houses, townhomes and condos

Yeah exactly

I mean my last salary was 5k ZAR. Starting salary for an IT technician

So you see why your numbers surprise me

5k ZAR/month?

yes

For the same job you'd probably be making 4-5k USD/month here

lol

that's insane

Its called capitalism

more than my boss made with 15 years experience and like 3 diplomas and 12 certifications...

That and not living in a black hellhole

You mean Chicago xd

My boss made like 30k

@An Elbow A job at McDonalds has generally the same pay as a technician in Africa