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The High Price of Excuses, Justification, and Avoidance.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I understand that finding a New York City apartment with the perfect mix of location, cleanliness, safety, and price is difficult, but if you want to live here long term, you have to be willing to make concessions and find a sustainable balance. I found out that the rent on this studio was $2,400/month.

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How to Manage Different Investment Risk Tolerances Between Spouses

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Taking on debt never has bothered me, because I have always felt that we kept it under control and no matter what, would pay it off. Taking on a new mortgage is something so abhorrent to him that he absolutely refuses to do it. He pays off his credit card BEFORE the statement comes! Remember to consider real numbers.

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Are You Middle Class?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The Atlantic’s article, Meet the New Middle Class: Who They Are, What They Want, and What They Fear , reported on a 2013 Allstate/National JournalHeartland Monitor Poll trying to get an answer to what is middle class? Maybe that is why our credit card bills are so high! Do the Rich Use Debt Differently? Take a look.

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