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Linenoise77 t1_j9trrc3 wrote

99 or so, i was 21. Was making around 40k a year. Rented a decent place in bumblefuck with a buddy that was maybe 1500 bucks a month or so if i remember right.

I was in a relationship already so it wasn't like I cared if i was someplace happening. It did suck if you wanted to go to the bar, as this was long before uber, and local cab services sucked and were crazy expensive. Money was still tight (long commute, crappy car stuff was always breaking on, etc) but I was able to make it work and it was a very positive experience.

Was only there for a bit over a year before i changed jobs and moved on to greener pastures, with a brief window of moving back home for a few months between places.

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StaceFace16 t1_j9trqk0 wrote

I was 19. Moved into an apartment with my boyfriend of 3 years at the time. I worked as a receptionist part time and went to school part time. This was back in 2003ish. Rent for a one bedroom was $760 so it was very manageable with us splitting the bills. We stayed in that apartment for 9 years. Rent was $1000 by the time we left. The same apartment right now costs $1250 which is absolutely ridiculous.

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Bram24 t1_j9tqtj1 wrote

Its my favorite to play. Will throw $5 or $10 here and there if over $500K..maybe more if closer to one million.

Pick 6 doesn't grow fast enough, the multi-state jackpots are not for me.

I am guessing the research suggest most players chase larger jackpots but the odds are crazy high. One million would be life changing to 95% of the country. Five million 99%.

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BeamerTakesManhattan t1_j9tq7py wrote

NJ born and raised, but moved away when I was 22 and back when I was 38.

Not being able to pump my own gas is the worst. Our gas stations are almost always awful, and it takes you 2-3 times as long to be there. I thought everyone was suckers for pumping their own gas while I sat comfortably in my car, until I had to do it. The time savings alone...

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CockercombeTuff t1_j9tq43y wrote

I'm curious--will the students take a mental health day from social media and/or their phone on these days? Will they just be texting/interacting with their friends in school? Considering the research data and claims relating the two, it would seem to be a key part of it.

I doubt this will be the case, of course, but it's not unimportant to consider.

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PolentaApology t1_j9tpx9o wrote

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Iowa

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_New_Jersey

  • Polk County, Iowa contains the city of Des Moines, which is also the capital and most populated city in Iowa. Polk has about the same number of people as Burlington County, and the same area as Atlantic County.

  • Bergen County has less area than Iowa's smallest county, Dickinson. But its population is about double Polk County's.

  • Salem is the least-populated NJ county, but it has nearly as many people as Iowa's Adams, Ringgold, Audubon, Taylor, Osceola, Wayne, Fremont, Ida, Pocahontas, Van Buren, and Worth counties, combined.

  • Those eleven counties have about 5,300 square miles total. New Jersey has about 7,300 square miles of land area, statewide.

Finally, New Jersey has more counties than Iowa per square mile of area, but Iowa has more counties per capita.

state pop (approx) sq mi land area # of counties counties per million people counties per thousand sq mi
NJ 9,288,994 7,354 21 2.2 2.85
IA 3,190,369 55,857 99 31.0 1.77
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Unusual-Okra9251 t1_j9tpqz1 wrote

I was 23 back in 2003, my girlfriend and I had already been together 4 years. I was making like $35k at a company I'm still working for. My girlfriend got into Columbia so we moved in together in a studio apartment on the Upper West Side of NYC. Spent 2 years there while she got her Masters, then we got married and moved back to NJ.

It was a lot of fun, but also very expensive.

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