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12-04-2025 | 03:05 PM

#1051

ClncClarence

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Originally Posted by JulesWinfield

You can’t afford Frisco or Flower Mound these days on an FO salary.

You absolutely can if you currently own a home in South FL.

I could sell my 1500 sq.ft. house in Palm Beach County and buy a 5br with a pool in Flower Mound with money to spare.

12-04-2025 | 03:50 PM

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CRJJ

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Originally Posted by JulesWinfield

You can’t afford Frisco or Flower Mound these days on an FO salary.

Try Miami 😂

12-04-2025 | 03:54 PM

#1053

mostpeople

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Originally Posted by JulesWinfield

You can’t afford Frisco or Flower Mound these days on an FO salary.

Depends on what kind of FO salary you have, and how hard you play the game.

12-04-2025 | 04:34 PM

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DogPit

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Originally Posted by JulesWinfield

You can’t afford Frisco or Flower Mound these days on an FO salary.

You absolutely can.

12-04-2025 | 04:35 PM

#1055

Quiet Storm

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Originally Posted by JulesWinfield

You can’t afford Frisco or Flower Mound these days on an FO salary.

You might have some other financial problems going on if you couldn’t.

12-04-2025 | 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Point85ToTheFix

I never thought I'd live to see the day that someone was complaining about there not being enough hockey rinks... in TEXAS...

I mean there is 1 big one. It's called the American Airlines Center. Kind of exclusive to be able to get to skate there, but maybe Bobby Ice can put in a good word.

12-04-2025 | 06:05 PM

#1057

Sliceback

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Flower Mound is too expensive? Guys can look at Zillow and figure it out for themselves. At $200K - $250K a year salary you can live in Flower Mound.

12-04-2025 | 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by cfitstew

I have to disagree with this. I rode on United last month from SFO-HKG on their 777 in J class.

Our seat is way better than theirs and their IFE screen was smaller than ours on the 777. The food was awful, part of mine was still frozen. the breakfast the next morning was ok. Nothing to write home about. The only snacks they had out between services were bags of pretzels, nothing even close to what we have laid out on the Business class bar in the 777. I would say their F/As were exactly like ours. The only difference I saw was their uniform, other than that they were basically clones of our senior mama’s that do long-haul. The only area they edged us out in on long-haul premium product was their Saks Fifth Avenue bedding they have in J class.

Why didn’t you fly AA to HK?

12-04-2025 | 06:37 PM

#1059

cfitstew

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Originally Posted by Montcalm

Why didn’t you fly AA to HK?

AA hasn’t flown to HKG since COVID.

12-04-2025 | 08:01 PM

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JulesWinfield

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Originally Posted by Sliceback

Flower Mound is too expensive? Guys can look at Zillow and figure it out for themselves. At $200K - $250K a year salary you can live in Flower Mound.

An average dated house in FloMo is 450k+. Decent houses are 550+. I budget for min guarantee. At 3 year FO pay, no long term debt other than a mortgage from 2018 with a 3% rate, and no kids, we are breakeven, and have no outrageous spending habits. I max out my 401k and IRA and purchase the APA insurance products. Car and home insurance went up 50% and 30% respectively, and property tax rates have gone through the roof. Houses today in the same area are 50% more than what I paid and interest rates are more than double.

I imax and make significantly more than guarantee, but it isn’t prudent to budget for more, especially as a reserve.