Sorry, as I stated previously, I misspoke. I meant to say that generally, living in such a high-cost area (grossly inflated housing prices/rental fees, high bills, everything very expensive bc of proximity to NY, etc.) takes up a lot of our money. The renting situation was not supposed to happen- when we originally moved here four years ago, we were looking to rent for a year and then buy but we cannot afford to do so, hence the frequent house jumping and renting. Sorry for the confusion. @BelknapPoint