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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Do people not aggressively prepare for this all the time?

They do not. People making $150K a year think they will keep making that (and more) for decades to come, and it's ludicrously easy to spend all that on useless shit. Shit, just drugs alone can take most of that.

[–] JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Literally the reason we established social security in the first place ...

[–] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tbf cost of living in such areas, assuming not remote, can be igher too and that consumes a chunk of the higher salary.