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I guess I just don't see the point in retiring early if you have to live frugallyWad you live in NYC right iirc? I think you're perspective is skewed a bit.
I make about 3x that as my salary, but for people in lower cost areas (think midwest suburbs) if you are debt free there's no reason you couldn't live comfortably on $80k per year if you're somewhat frugal. No mortgage or car payments by the time you're retirement age if you've done it right, so expenses shouldn't be that high. Once you get to 65 or whatever you add in SS to your $80k.
Now, if you're used to a different lifestyle while working and you have to dial it back a ton, that's a different story obviously.
Stay in it until you can be comfortable