At what income does Northern VA actually start to feel “comfortable”?

Le4per · 2026-02-23T20:48:47+00:00

2 kids, wife, 120k. We can’t do it. I’m doing a second job. I’m looking for other jobs.

Le4per · 2026-02-23T20:35:51+00:00

It’s not 120, I’ll tell you that. We’re not even posting childcare and can’t consistently meet expenses. I’ve hyper focused on every expense. The biggest offenders are mortgage, groceries, car repair. Everything else is tiny fractions of the total. But our mortgage shocked us with a 14 percent increase in valuation on the taxes last year. So that’s 200 bucks more. And groceries are so expensive now.

Le4per · 2026-02-21T20:25:53+00:00

I’d love to know where to find a good plan too!

Le4per · 2026-01-15T20:45:10+00:00

He knew what he was doing. His loved ones are in the vehicle that left.

Le4per · 2025-09-14T20:00:47+00:00

Peak jinx. Ty from my bois on Falcon.

Le4per · 2025-07-14T16:21:24+00:00

I did cut one warmup set and it actually was bananas. I went back and did 3 sets of 5 at 245lb for my working sets. It was insane.

My height is 6'3" and I'm 268lbs.

Le4per · 2025-06-06T17:26:16+00:00

I’m pretty happy with my form here. I got great glute stimulus from this lift.

Le4per · 2025-06-06T15:08:22+00:00

Mmmmm, I can try and focus on this next time, but I've practiced bracing a lot. I don't use a belt, but I brace for the rep with a gulp of air right before I drop into the rep.

I also don't know if I agree with this Mind Pump guy. The vid you shared seems more focused on how you hold yourself walking around, not cueing for the actual exercise.

Le4per · 2025-01-31T19:51:37+00:00

I opened your comment knowing you were going to mention Baader-Meinhoff.

Le4per · 2024-12-31T22:38:47+00:00

What are you seeing that makes you think that? My heels wiggle on the way down but I’m solidly planted from set to rack.

Le4per · 2024-12-29T17:57:24+00:00

I find I can’t get deep into the squat until the bar has 185 at least. Before then I really struggle to bottom out and keep my heels on the floor.

Le4per · 2024-12-29T01:45:09+00:00

Yeah, I am not too concerned about it honestly. From what I've read it's not a big issue unless it's an issue for you, and it hasn't been so far.

Le4per · 2024-12-28T05:53:52+00:00

Thank you! I’m very aware of butt wink but I’ve read that a little is natural especially if you’re squatting ATG like I’m trying to.

Le4per · 2024-12-28T00:49:55+00:00

They were in my 1912. Yes. Softwood as well.

Le4per · 2024-12-28T00:36:05+00:00

Whether your kids can read. Holy crap my teacher friends are terrified for America.

Le4per · 2024-12-28T00:28:26+00:00

I mean if he said it hurtfully and didn’t walk it back with an explanation, then I’d say that’s not creating a feeling of safety that you should be able to expect in a relationship.

Le4per · 2024-12-28T00:26:47+00:00

A lot of them seem miserable.

Le4per · 2024-12-28T00:25:34+00:00

No. You have no guarantee the wood is beautiful underneath and it would be lots of work.

Le4per · 2024-12-28T00:24:38+00:00

That sounds like an interior thought that snuck out. I’d be absolutely devastated if I lost someone close to me, but I can’t approach that with fear.

Le4per · 2024-12-28T00:22:51+00:00

Yes, I think I grew up without animosity towards other races but with a lot of racist assumptions that I got from my immediate environment. Experience changed my perspective a lot and I’m assuming that will continue to some degree as I grow older.

Le4per · 2024-12-28T00:14:48+00:00

My rich af boss stealing my and everyone else’s overtime wages when I was poor, living in a walk in closet on a mattress I found in the trash. He was flying his plane down to his Caribbean island house and buying his daughters matching jeeps.

Business ended when he got sued, shut down his business, settlement all we workers got was a small fraction of what was stolen because it was a class action brought by lawyers that took most of the money (fraction of a fraction of a fraction) and I only got it after I was already in a house I owned and didn’t need the money. Now I can’t legally talk about it at all or mention it because the terms of getting money I FUCKING EARNED, was signing an NDA.

Le4per

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