Almost every thread that gets popular nowadays has a bunch of users accusing the OP of being a bot or using AI. Or they accuse most of the comments are bots. They're also super suspicious of anyone with an account less than 6 months old (Are new users not allowed??) Real people exist here guys! And they're the majority of comments/posts you see.
I want to move to phoenix. It's everything I want in a city. The heat does concern me a little but I'll take it over freezing every day like I am currently. Saunas (160°F) are therapeutic to me so I don't really think I'll mind too much. I have lived in a tropical environment before and the humidity was what annoyed me not necessarily the temperature. I imagine now that you're somewhere with scorching high temperatures you have no desire to go inside a sauna but just wondering how it compares
(This might be more financial related, just wanted to hear your thoughts)
I live in a HCOL city, the salary is enough to live paycheck to paycheck and I have savings as a buffer in case emergencies happened. A big reason I took the job despite the meager salary was due to a generous 401K contribution of 8% (I contribute 7) as I really want to build as much retirement money as I can while I'm young to let it compound. 2 months in my job finalizes a contract to unionize.
This means we're now part of a pension and no longer 401K. As part of the pension, I now have to contribute 9% (an extra 2%) of my salary but I only get pension money if I stay at least 5 years. I have run the numbers and the pension payouts absolutely suck compared to the 8% match we were getting before. I guarantee no one that voted for this actually ran the numbers. I'm basically losing out on tens of thousands of dollars over the course of those 5 years. The pension pay does increase the longer you stay but this is not a role/city I want to be at for 25+ years (and even then the pension payouts still majorly lose out to the money I would've accumulated with an 8% match over 25 years).
I had only planned to stay at this job for ≈2 years as I just wanted the experience on my resume and wasn't a big fan of living in the city but now I feel urged to leave asap. It feels like the longer I stay the more I'm losing out in lifelong retirement income. The sooner I leave the sooner I can find a different role that will compensate me for retirement and not lock me into a pseudo contract (I probably won't find another 8% match but I'll settle for 3-4%).
They make you tap to pay to enter the stations. Are you supposed to tap at the gates AND once you're inside a metro rail?