SF has a general agreement with Ron Swanson and Muda.........Government shutdowns are OK with me......
I have a sister-in-law who lives in Pentagon City, and is an FBI employee (accounting) and is actually surviving this shutdown because she has been in DC for over a decade and knows how to plan. HOWEVER - the cost of living in a place like DC is exponentially higher than what we are used to. I suppose this would apply to most large metropolitan areas, but her small 2 bedroom condo (on the bottom floor of a 5 story complex just South of the Pentagon and about a mile from the nearest subway station) was a bargain at $395,000. This abode would set some one in Indiana back about $75,000 - $100,000 maybe. She is not having any problems, as I said she can plan better than most, and of course will get back pay and family will help if needed. She still has to get in to work every day and back home, but will survive.