@Mellowgirl Me telling the truth about 2 citys that i know is a rude response ? Hmm ok if you say so hope you find something to occupy yourself with

@SW-User you're swearing and insulting London. I didn't swear or insult Leeds.

@Mellowgirl Bahahahahahahahahaha i said Leeds has some shitholes and so does every major city in the country oh look believe what you want

@KiwiBird needs to be considered against UK average salary


That's for people in full time employment

@OldBrit it's laughable really isn't it

@OldBrit Current Medium Salary in NZ is NZD$56,160 based on a 40 hour week.

@Mellowgirl when i was 19 i got two jobs. i worked from 9am in the morning until 1am every night. i did this everyday until i got a job at a deli making 600 a week. i worked here for about a year until i saved up for my cna license. i would live off of 20 dollars a week sometimes stealing food from work just so i could eat.

then when i got my cna license i was making anywhere from 600-750 weekly after i stayed there for a few years and got some raises i started at 9 and ended at 15 an hour. Now i work for a travel cna agency where i fill in short staffed facilities i'm basically a travel cna, and make 30 an hour.

I didn't move into a house, i lived in apartments and condos. i live in a condo right now. my plan is when i'm finished with school I flip my condo and take that money and use as a down payment on a house. I make 56 yearly now. I'm not in any rush to buy a house. Sure i think about it a lot. i see my friends my age on facebook moving into nice luxurious houses and a little piece of me wants to be in a nice big house.

but the reality is this isn't a race and i have a carefully thought out plan. I will not act impulsively to lose everything. you don't start out making a lot of money. you work your way up. you start at the bottom. and every opportunity that rears it's head no matter how scary or intimidating you cease it and own it. I have horrible credit.

i never thought i was going to get myself a car newer than a '10 until i finished school or had cash for it. i bought myself a cash car for about 4 grand and rode it around until it was about to KO and I traded it in and got myself a brand new '16 toyota corolla for work.

that's all i can really say. i don't buy any of the minimum wage isn't enough life isn't fair bullshit.

well actually i do, life isn't fair. but nobody told you it was going to be. just do the best you can and don't give up and don't compare yourself to other people. you are enough and you will get there. happiness is not the destination, but it's a journey 👀

@DeluxedEdition thanks hun. I have work since I was 17 lived on my own since 19 never been in debt but been bailing people out.
I had a good full time job but was run out of it.
It continues to be a struggle I work as much as I can manage I try to be respectful but unfortunately my good nature makes people dislike me. Don't know why I'm quiet I don't really have a social life as I can't afford one.
But hey ho. People have more and always flash what little I do have seems to piss people off, probably because I'm careful with my stuff. 😕 People are crazy.
And I'm done fighting them.. Whatever meant to be will be.

@Harriet03 especially as most jobs are like 25-35k and management level
And if your not management well you earn anything between 17 and 24k
This world is a joke.

@Rhonda they all say the same thing. Because they have ground rent.

You're always better off struggling to get a mortgage out right. It's probably worse when or if you don't have a guarantor.

@Mellowgirl my friend had 10k deposit and borrowed from a bank a other 10k and most of it as a deposit. Then after a few months went back to her bank and consolidated both the mortgage and loan into one monthly payment. She managed to get a new spacious one bed flat in Wembley. Maybe not ideal for everyone but just passing on the information.

@Rhonda I have to pm you.

@Zzxxxx 100k per annum

@Mellowgirl yeah