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by SamReidHughes 3236 days ago
It's cheaper than smoking. Edit: Well, depends on the accounting. The median U.S. income is $51K so by all means it's affordable. The main cost is time.
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randomdata 3236 days ago
Median household income is $50k. Median individual income is $30k, leaving the aforementioned year of golf taking about 10% of ones (median) income. That is a fairly large expense.
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SamReidHughes 3236 days ago
If you're trying to go pro, 10% of income is nothing compared to the time investment. Like, it's an amount. But plenty of people get by on $27K.
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randomdata 3235 days ago
That's pre-tax income though. There will be some variation by location and situation, but if we say post-tax is $24k that does not even leave $21k.

That is not a lot to live on. And, since we're talking about the median, 50% of the earning population are going to be left with even less than that.

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SamReidHughes 3235 days ago
Even then you're talking a cost for something you'd be devoting most of your free time to doing. You don't have to do it in California.
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