Originally Posted by 4r3s

Never compare your own financial situation to someone else's. You have no idea what type of debt those people could be in or what kind of money they were born into. Be happy with what you have, and be happy for others having what they have. Life is much more enjoyable this way.

Also, the cost of living in PA is a lot cheaper than it is in MD. So someone making 50K in PA could be banking it and someone making 50K in MD could be totally slumming it. Everything is relative.