There were interesting comments to the second video included in yesterday's post "Living On $27K A Year In Seattle, WA", including a video commentary by GP Stephan….
The video itself had 677 comments. Some YouTube users liked her attitude and that she has a plan, praised her decision to follow her dreams by switching to education from business, and were impressed that she saved so much money in four years. Some confirmed that income for PhD students are very low. Some were very negative. One user commented:
"At the end she says living on 27k/year in Seatle is doable, but she's spending $3300/month (almost 40k/year) plus racking up other CC debt. She's buying $300 perfumes and HelloFresh because she's somehow smart enough to get a PhD but can't figure out shopping on her own, WHILE owing her brother 15k+?
Doesn't sound very doable to me. You guys should have interviewed her brother instead."
And, there were 266 comments to GP Stephan's video. Some were based on his comments.
I thought of the sacrifice needed. I found it interesting that she purchases perfumes. It is a lot like purchasing and enjoying ice cream.
(Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZCU6W3yBc or https://youtu.be/znZCU6W3yBc?si=W3qQxZGopzTcYaP_)
(Link to GP Stephan's video commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c973JAK33_s or
https://youtu.be/c973JAK33_s?si=2cvlUkZSYtC96Nk2)
