Recent comments in /f/Washington

Fox-and-Sons t1_j45hv30 wrote

How much can you save? With various assistance programs you can probably get a downpayment in for about 10% -- maybe youd' need the full 20% but let's say it's 10% for funsies. Even if you're insisting on living in Seattle, you should really be able to get 125k together in 5 years, twice that if you're frugal, and you'll be able to find something for a million and a quarter. Prices may very well keep rising, but you're making enough money that unless you refuse to make cutbacks this is a fixable problem.

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GoodLittleTerrorist OP t1_j45ht4n wrote

It would probably be more fair to say that I've been cheap, and I've been trying to not spend money wherever possible, and I figured I could save money as long as I didn't get pulled over. It worked for 7 years, but not this time, so, here I am now. With a $1000 fine and nothing but crossed fingers and prayer to pay it.

The town I lived in before, it was small enough that none of the would ever be an issue, but now I gotta suck it up. The cops here aren't so kind as to send me on my way with a warning, so I'll have to start paying. I'd rather not own a car, but....

I should go to bed. Staying on this thread is bad for my health

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Few-Cricket8373 t1_j45gdms wrote

Washington.

I was born in Wyoming and moved here in 5th grade. Since then, I’ve moved away to: Austin TX for 1 year. Came back. Portland OR for 5 years, came back. Denver CO for 4 years, came back.

Also spent lots of time for work in many East Coast cities, including Boston.

Washington is home. It’s where I feel the most comfortable and the most at home. Did all of those places have awesome qualities? Hell yeah. But home is home. And I hope you’re living where you feel at home :)

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GoodLittleTerrorist OP t1_j45fycw wrote

I asked for advice, and got shit on. I tried to maintain tact, and I should have stopped looking at responses long ago, but basically everything here now was here before I started responding to people. I lost it on 2-3 people, but I'm terrified at not being able to get out of this hole, and I couldn't take being kicked further down.

I was really banking on getting help here, some of which I did get, but I was let down by the people here more than I thought possible. I've genuinely been treated more kindly on 4chan. If I were in a less vulnerable spot, I probably could have gleaned more advice.

I would say I learned from my mistake, but the people on this post are the last ones I'd want to hear that.

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