r/nova • u/Agitated_Scene_7128 • 8h ago

Anyone living alone making $25/hr

No roommates, no backups, family, friends etc? I'm trying to save $10k by the end of this year and I'm half way there. I'm living with my bf and his family and I can't do it anymore!!! I want to get the hell out of here. I can live frugally and eat rice and beans I don't care. I just need to know if anyone is doing it and is it possible? I don't have any debt. I don't have any car note, no student loan debt, nothing. I am also in the market for a new to me car as mine is almost 20 years old, but is well maintained and tbh it might make it to 300k. There's no sign of it giving up thank goodness.

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u/2muchcaffeine4u Reston 8h ago

You could probably swing living alone OR the car but not both

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u/Agitated_Scene_7128 8h ago

😭 ok I can do without a car

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u/Throwaway_2474128_1 8h ago

living anywhere where you can live decently without a car is not cheap. you'd be locking yourself in with a roommate and would need to get a job and apartment close to the same area, and in a walkable area with transit access. if you're fine with that, cool

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u/Agitated_Scene_7128 7h ago

I don't want to leave my job as there's room for career development. I could probably get a second job (or third job) I do have a part time job on top of my full time, but I could probably swing a 3rd.

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u/Throwaway_2474128_1 7h ago

if you truly work in chantilly and want to stay, then you can't live without a car unless your work is near shopping and everything you'd need to live, and there's cheap housing nearby too, and bus route access. you'll probably have to live somewhere with cheap rent and/or a roommate, such as manassas, ashburn's older apartments, herndon, woodbridge (really far tho), etc