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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by st3v3r on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @02:33PM (#13178958)
>It takes about 2 years to save up $100K on a typical Bay Area engineer's salary, if you're fiscally prudent.

Read: Don't have a family and don't do anything special, like take vacations.

Also, average rent is $3600/month. That's over $43k a year. That leaves $17k for everything else, following your plan.

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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by OmarIsmail on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @02:43PM (#13179038)
A single person does NOT need to spend 3600/month in SF. That's crazy. A studio/1 bedroom can be had for 2500. And if you're willing to compromise on location (i.e. "the ghetto") you can get under 2K.

Families that need 2+ bedrooms and a good/safe neighbourhood are screwed though.

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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by twblalock on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @02:49PM (#13179077)
You don't have to live in San Francisco. There are plenty of nearby cities with cheaper rent.
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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by jaf656s on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @03:21PM (#13179307)
Not sure why this was downvoted.. I live in Berkeley and a 2bdr here is cheaper than a studio in the city.
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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by sbov on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @03:24PM (#13179339)
Yeah, a lot of times people seem to talk past eachother because to them, SF = bay area. In reality it's a small portion of the population and even smaller portion of the land mass of the actual bay area.
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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by Sacho on Thursday December 15, 2016 @05:08AM (#13183569)
If you live in a nearby city, shouldn't you factor in transportation prices along with the rent?
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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by st3v3r on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @06:08PM (#13180618)
But then you'll have to likely sacrifice several hours of your day just to commuting.
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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by logfromblammo on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @03:15PM (#13179275)
...like Sacramento.~
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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by twblalock on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @03:40PM (#13179452)
Even San Mateo, which is not very far away, costs a lot less. And if you work in SF and commute from the East Bay via BART, which isn't too bad, you can save even more.
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