Been thinking about that a lot as I read about how more and more people are going urban. Will my suburban house be desirable when I want to leave the neighborhood.

That inflation seems a bit crazy - it'd be 50k increase over now. And $1k over 100 years ago is $25k in today's money. But you make a good point nonetheless

When and why do you want to retire? Most people say that our age group will never be able to retire - we have too rich a lifestyle compared to how much we can get out of our retirement.

Don't retire. That's what I've been told.

depends how far you have to go. If you're in your 20s it doesn't matter how crazy the market is. If you're in your 50s it matters.

make sure you're at least putting in as much as the company matches or you're throwing away free money

At first the percentage was too high. But then it mentioned saving early and I have had my 401k since the minute I started working out of undergrad. I've been 8% so ... phew!

I'm in the same boat - got in while I was in college. Although I don't actively use it, I keep it around for a few reasons.

Works best when you and the wife/husband/partner don't work in opposite directions.

If you have a baby it's a no-brainer since Prime is needed for Amazon Mom which gets you 20% off on diapers when you schedule it

I don't have scientific-level numbers, but I do know that my pretty low-key wordpress sites (on my own server) get crackers doing password attacks at least twice a week.

When I was 11 my dad use to show me all the bills so I understood how much it cost in electricity to watch tv, have a/c, etc. After he did that, I started turning off lights when I wasn't in the room.

We got a set allowance - when I was young it was like $1.50 per week. I credit it as the biggest reason I've never gotten into debt. When I wanted that $5 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figure, I had to save for a month. When I wanted to rent a video game I had to save for 2 weeks. And so on. So I know you have to…

My parents took the following tack: You need to do chores whether or not you get allowance. However, if you don't do your chores you don't get allowance. In other words, allowance is not payment for chores, but if you can't be bothered to do chores, they can't be bothered to give you allowance.

takes me back to the polarization demonstration in uni

That would have been awesome since it was a Microsoft interview except....the iPhone hasn't even been invented yet, much less Siri

yup, that was the correct answer. Sadly, I didn't say it.

That would have been awesome since it was a Microsoft interview except....the iPhone hasn't even been invented yet, much less Siri

A good point although also a silly one since it wasn't a drawing-based job

that's similar to what I said, but the correct answer was - make it voice activated and have it say the time