Doh! Homer Simpson could never afford a home in NJ or elsewhere
Just how bad are things?
It's so bad that America’s most beloved average Joe can’t afford a house for his family.
To prove a point about the economy Esportnow analyzed how well off the Simpson clan would be in real life in 2024. Turns out Homer and Marge Simpson wouldn’t be able to afford their iconic four-bedroom house and would have to move Bart, Lisa, and Maggie into a cramped two-bedroom apartment.
They crunched numbers using the average salary of a nuclear technician (Homer’s job in the long-running Fox series) in Springfield, Oregon. Then, they subtracted typical expenses such as maintaining a family car, groceries, home repayments, utilities, etc.
They found that based on a monthly take-home salary of $5,660.92, the Simpsons' current lifestyle would leave them with a monthly deficit of around $957.42. Now, those numbers were with a modest entertainment budget to fit in the occasional Krusty burger and Homer’s weekly bowling.
Even eliminating the Simpsons’ entire entertainment budget (no more Moe’s?!) doesn’t save them from not affording a house. They would still run a monthly deficit of $150.34. Only if Marge got a job could they get out of that financial hole. But then they would need to pay for childcare for Maggie, which puts them right back between a rock and a hard place. Sound familiar?
Now, imagine this was not in Oregon but in New Jersey, where everything is even more expensive. Would they even be able to afford the two-bedroom apartment? Please tell me they wouldn’t have to take Barney on as a roommate.
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