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		leetrout on July 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their l... My wife has worked in rural TN and NC and my mom was a speech language pathologist for 30+ years in KY. Pretty much everywhere rural starts under $40k (or under $30k in some cases) and stays under $40k for 5-10 years of experience.

_fq4v on July 17, 2020 [–]

Rural areas are significantly cheaper.

For example tennessee's median home price is $164k, which means $40k is 1/4 the price of a new home.

Meanwhile, California's median home price is $533k and the average teacher's salary is 49k - 84k, making it 1/10 - 1/6 the price of a new home

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