You can afford to put a roof over your head without hustling 8 hours a day. Even in the UK you can get two bedroomed terraced houses for the equivalent of around 20 decent-spec MacBooks, or less than a basic-spec Vauxhall Insignia. Or 25 years worth of drinking Starbucks on a daily basis
The compromise is that your house is in Burnley or Accrington with an oversupply of housing, rather than the South East, with an oversupply of purchasing power seeking to get on the property ladder.
Thank you for the tip on Burnley/Accrington, I genuinely appreciate it and will be looking into it more. Quite a bit cheaper than the North East, I was looking at about 60-70K GBP for ex council. Would leave a lot more leeway for a lower paid job.
It doesn't really help that much though, unless you're willing to live hundreds of miles from family, friends, potentially split with your partner, etcetera.
The decent spec MacBook chat is interesting if you're a well paid worker, but not really otherwise. I can't see myself ever buying a full price MacBook or a new car unless my situation changes dramatically.
It's not really even the pricing that bugs me as much as the complete lack of understanding demonstrated by the Government. Every single policy is aimed at inflating house prices to the sky seemingly indefinitely.
The compromise is that your house is in Burnley or Accrington with an oversupply of housing, rather than the South East, with an oversupply of purchasing power seeking to get on the property ladder.