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Survey finds Americans believe $74,000 is the perfect income, yet in nearly every state it won’t buy you a house


Earning $74,000 a year doesn’t seem like a bad deal at all. It’s roughly $12,000 higher than the national average salary in the U.S. and, in many major

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