It feels like everything is getting priced exactly at the point where it feels like I&#x27;m barely scraping by.<p>I make a low six figure income and live in a one bedroom apartment. I don&#x27;t drive a luxury car, or take vacations, or have many indulgences except eating out one or two nights a week. I also don&#x27;t have much money left over to save or invest. I don&#x27;t see home ownership in my future, or much improvement in my standard of living. I&#x27;m getting older, but the idea of paying for a wedding, or the cost of raising a child, or the cost of sending them to college scares the hell out of me.<p>This is probably due, mostly, to living in an area with a high cost of living. There are perks to living in a nice city -- my girlfriend shudders at the thought of moving to the suburbs -- but the city bleeds us dry. It&#x27;s exciting to live in a technology hub, but the higher salary seems to be mostly an illusion.<p>My point being, I wonder how quickly everything will adjust to swallow up that basic income? Then again, I guess it&#x27;s not really aimed at present-day me, but rather at someone with a lower income for whom its utility will be much greater.