Everyone that lives in Alaska for one whole year, the following year you can claim your "permanent tax dividend" check. It changes every year based on how much oil the state produced. Alaska has been slowing down A LOT over the years so it's not what it used to be. I didn't qualify last year because I just moved here but I will qualify this year. Last years check was around $1200 for every man/woman/child.
Not a big deal though. It's hardly a drop in the bucket compared to the over all cost of living. I'm the sole source of income for my family and luckily my job pays me a solid 6 figure income. Still..... Is that worth living in a town that sees weeks/months of -40 or colder? .. i'm thinking not. Imagine this... It's WARMER in your kitchen freezer than it is outside from Nov-April. If you get frostbite on your way to the car, you can literally warm yourself up sitting inside your kitchen freezer.
Is that worth $100,000/year? What about $150,000/year? ... It's a hard life up here. Not many people stay and I may be one of them.
Ouch... yeah man... That's a lot of money.. I'd consider working it temporarily to save money, then move on. Crazy man!
Houses like that in my neighborhood go for $2000 all day long, and higher.
Just did the math. With all utilities it's $1305/m and with insurance it's $1319.45/m. For a 1 friggin bedroom. I hate it. But we like our 13 foot high ceilings, 42 inch cabinets in the kitchen, modern appliances, fixtures, finishes, the middle of the city, and our private climate controlled garage. Garages don't exist in St Louis apartments. ..so we'll stay until we find the perfect home.
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Yeah, in this neighborhood, the average is $3000. We're about a block away from the lake, but if we were on it, this same house would be significantly more. We just got lucky to find a rental in the area we are. About 5-6 blocks over is "rental alley", and the houses are gross, and around the price range we're paying.
One of the other stipulations to our rent being as low as it is, is that we have to maintain the yard.. lots of trees, and grass. Not a big deal, though.
Wow, y'alls mortgage/rent is high. My mortgage is $500 a month 3br 2ba 2 car garage on .5 acre. Whole back yard had just been fenced in when I bought it too.
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Wow.. I wish haha.
Jesus, why are your utilities so high? My electric is about 130 every month. I of course don't leave anything on and my thermostat is programmed to only run at 70 degrees from 5pm to 730am.
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WOW. My electric bill for next month is $210. It's on average 108 degrees here daily, and we have our A/C set at 76-78 most of the time (usually it's off between 9am and 5pm weekly). My utilities are $420 total on average.