Freight demand slowing down

According to the US Govt, the median income across all hkuseholds is as of 2013 data $51,939. If you a e making more than that you are in the upper 50% in the Nation

www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2015/07/09/average-salaries-for-americans-median-salaries-for-common-jobs/

 

I can see that being true for individual incomes, but for entire households? 52 grand is broke for a family of four.

 

That's household... So family too. Reality is some places cost a lot more to live in than others.

$350k will buy a real nice house in MS, maybe a Condo in SF.

 

Chicago suburbs, and I'm doing just fine. But I did buy my house when property value and interest rates were very low

 

Bought my 1500 sq ft 3 bed/2 bath home with an attached 27x34 heated garage for all of $60K. Would've cost 4x as much in the 'burbs around Chicago. Have a friend in Joliet that pays more in property taxes per month than I do per year...for a much smaller piece of land.

 

Don't complain that the area you live in is too expensive. Either suck it up and deal with it or leave.
And I am not stupid or ignorant or being ripped off. My loads are not paying my company anything. I work for a small chain of stores delivoring from our warehouse to our stores. It costs them money to send us out. And I know how much money each store and the company as a whole make, or lose each year. I also know that other than store managers and the owner, drivers are the highest paid people in the company.

 

That is an exageration. I have 1500 sq ft 4 bedroom 2 bath with a 1 car attached garage. I paid $130,000. Property tax is high, about $4900 a year. My monthly payment for mortgage, tax, and insurance is $1000. That is not bad for the Northwest suburbs of chicago.
By the way, where do you live?

 

Wanna pay $1100 a month for rent, no utilities included. On a small 1 br no parking? You act like people can just up and move from their families on a whim. What a pompous ###.

 

Costs the same or more in the city of Chicago, that's why I live in the suburbs. What's so hard about moving 45 minutes away. There has to be cheaper housing in the metro area

 

Not really until you get 60 miles outside of the city. Even southern NH which was a Republican stronghold got destroyed by Boston liberals and the costs there went up. I'm planning on PA or further south in the next few years. Paying cash for a house, and then I'll go work local. Done playing liberal tax the workers, pay the freeloaders/illegals/refugees way.