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I have a similar thing but im older. I was working for university research lab that was pretty much just enough to get my decently but not really save. My work location was just outside downtown. Like going one stop from the universities metro was a stop that was near one of the major amtrack stations and I would take it to go to the maine post office and a job in a high rise building. I was living in a neighborhood just three more miles away. I could walk to work or take one bus that was a straight shot or bike (but it was so short I usually took a longer scenic route). Owned a golden retriever (still do). Apples became freaking awesome and combined the best of unix and a nice graphical system with great support. My work was incredibly interesting. Half was general but I sorta enjoy helping folks but then half was working on the amazing systems that were part of their research. Maine problem was it was contracting year to year and providing for myself and my life long term was sorta scary. If I had stayed I likely would have stopped being able to afford to keep the life and never owned anything. Ironically my best year was during covid. My wage was as high as it has ever been and inflation had not hit yet. I was let go of a job but got severance and quickly got a new one. Now is not so great for me as im on track for being unemployed longer than I have ever been.