On: Coworkers are less ambitious; bosses adjust to the new order

[pjmlp]

About 500 euros monthly, depending on the agreement.

[criddell → pjmlp]

Spending 30% of your income on your mortgage is pretty close to what lots of people in the US do. The typical advice is that you shouldn't spend more than 28% of your gross on your mortgage.

[pjmlp → criddell]

Except that is much more than 30% for a large set of the population, hence why so many above 30 years old still live by their parents.

[criddell → pjmlp]

So a couple, each earning minimum wage, could afford a mortgage together? That’s not too bad.

[pjmlp → criddell]

Better never split up.