Re:In Bay Area, six-figure salaries are “low income”
by sf_rob on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @01:19PM
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I get the feeling that tech people no longer have reasonable understandings of cost of living. I live in the PNW and could keep my current nice standard of living on a $60k salary (as a single person). I cannot think of a scenario where I would need two six figure incomes unless I really ramped up spending (private school, nicer car, nicer house).
Re:In Bay Area, six-figure salaries are “low income”
by ryanSrich on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @12:49PM
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Yeah. There's definitely a culture tax in the NW. I can freely enjoy the virtues of legal cannabis, frequent the best coffee shops in the world, and hike the glacial peaks all in the same day. To me that's worth the cost.
Re:In Bay Area, six-figure salaries are “low income”
by juliangoldsmith on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @03:04PM
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In Charlotte, I'm 2 hours away from the Appalachian mountains, and can easily get good coffee.
I wouldn't consider legal marijuana worth $100k a year, personally.
That's a pretty high bar for cost of living. Here in Charlotte, NC, I make half of that, and could support two people without any difficulty.