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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by morgante on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @10:34PM (#13182163)
Or you just save up to buy a home elsewhere.
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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by flukus on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @10:35PM (#13182170)
Isn't the rent just as high?
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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by morgante on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @10:46PM (#13182219)
No. The housing market in SV makes renting cheaper than buying.

On an engineer's salary, it is very doable to pay rent and still save up enough to buy an entire house in cash elsewhere in the country.

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