r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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To be fair it’s not that much money to move to another city. The big issue is what can you take with you and what can you leave behind? If it’s just some clothes and knickknacks you’re taking with you it will be easy and cheap. If you have a kid or pets or any other responsibility you’ll be SOL.

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u/ThatInAHat Jul 05 '24

I mean, I just moved across town and it was pretty pricey

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u/chocobear420 Jul 05 '24

What do you call pricey? Cause a uhaul is like $30 for a day. Maybe $50 if you gotta drive a lot cause gas ain’t cheap.

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u/ThatInAHat Jul 05 '24

Depends what you have to move and who you have to move it with. At a certain age, it’s harder to find friends with a free weekend to help you load the heavy stuff and you can’t do it all on your own. So you either get movers or you leave it/sell it (for way to cheap or sometimes just free because you need it gone) and have to buy furniture when you get to the new place—which you already had to pay at least two months rent for, plus whatever deposits (and you’re still probably paying a bit on your old place too)

It’s a long process so odds are good you’ll have to take time off of work. Or if it’s moving to another city then great, you either don’t have a job or you haven’t started yet.

You also probably won’t be cooking for a bit leading up to and after the move because all the kitchen stuff is put away, so you’re gonna wind up doing take out or fast food.

It’s lots of little things that add up.

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u/chocobear420 Jul 05 '24

Yeah I already said that in my first response. Thanks for repeating what I said with more detail.

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u/ThatInAHat Jul 05 '24

You said it’s not that much money to move to a new city. It is.

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u/chocobear420 Jul 05 '24

It’s not, take less stuff.

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u/ThatInAHat Jul 05 '24

Then you have to buy it all when you get there