j7ake
8 hours ago
Technically he’s a lecturer not a professor. Generally lecturers are treated like trash.
UCLA astrophysics professor says he's homeless due to low pay
16 pointsposted 13 hours ago
by hentrep4 Comments
yial
10 hours ago
All ideas of fair pay aside (which I agree that he should get a raise!)
I don’t understand how he couldn’t afford $2,500 per month on $70,000 per year. Wouldn’t his take home per month be around $4,000-4,500?
Not that it would be easy to live on the remainder necessarily …. But I know I have at one point lived on $2,800 per month while paying $1,200. (In a lower cost of living area ).
Cordiali
8 hours ago
I thought it was a bit odd that he only seems to be considering living in Westwood.
I checked out the site referenced, and there's suburbs reasonably close with average rents 30-40% lower than that suburb. That's within a ~45 min. bus ride, according to Google.
Also damn, there's even free wifi on some of those buses.
iLoveOncall
10 hours ago
> I don’t understand how he couldn’t afford $2,500 per month on $70,000 per year.
People are just terrible at personal finance. I have friends that earn $300K that have no savings.
I suggest watching the YouTube channel Caleb Hammer if you want to truly understand how easy it is for some people to overspend and go into debt.