>Do everything right
>Do well in college
>Use and abuse pell grants
>Graduate with 0 debt
>Get a solid job for my area a few months later
>Work for 3 years
>Start looking at houses
>Anything that's actually finished and not in a trashy neighborhood would cost 50% of my monthly pay
>50% of my monthly pay for the next 20-25 years
>Quit my job
>Get a new one with 80% of the pay but it's barely work
>Move to a smaller, cheaper apartment
>Spend every dollar on toys and booze
>Happiest I've been in 10 years
Fuck you, got mine.