How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live in our own country?

Re:How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live... by ryanx435 on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @11:03PM (#15547108)

This, my friends,is a prime example of coastal elitism.

Does derefr really think that there are no jobs in the capital city of Kansas that pay enough to afford a house under 100k? Not a single job?

Lol.

Edit: Ha ha downvotes for pointing out that high paying jobs exist outside of California. Nice.

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Re:How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live... by cr1895 on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @06:24AM (#15548896)

>This, my friends,is a prime example of coastal elitism. Does derefr really think that there are no jobs in the capital city of Kansas that pay enough to afford a house under 100k? Not a single job?

Derefr didn't imply that in the slightest, and it's rather uncharitable of you to point it out as "coastal elitism."

The question asked was, "but what do jobs in Topeka pay, and how many of them are there?," which to me sounds quite a reasonable question.

So that's why I downvoted you.

And you didn't actually contribute anything of value with that comment; of course 100k jobs exist outside of California.

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Re:How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live... by mikeash on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @06:41AM (#15548963)

It’s obviously a rhetorical question, attempting to make the point that there are no good jobs to be bad there.

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Re:How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live... by deadmetheny on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:56PM (#15551784)

The lede of:

>"Affordable housing" implies that there is a job at the destination that can pay a wage that can pay the mortgage

seems to imply disbelief that people can live well outside major cities. I'd prefer to be charitable, as the GP has stated elsewhere that they are not American and didn't know, but I've seen that line of thought here enough to understand why the parent could get defensive.

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Re:How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live... by DrScump on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @03:26AM (#15548182)

Lenexa, Kansas fancied itself to be "The Silicon Prairie" 25 years ago.

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Re:How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live... by murph-almighty on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @09:30AM (#15549909)

Possible hot topic: should the politics of unconventional job locations scare me from moving there?

Take Kansas. If in theory I'm making 100k and we're playing the "low taxes" game I'd probably be fine financially, but I think it would come at the cost of... well, a few things. School quality, for one- if I have kids are they going to be better educated in NJ/NY (where I am now) than Kansas?

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Re:How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live... by camiller on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @09:48AM (#15550067)

Well, Kansas ranks higher than NY but lower than NJ in Pre-K - 12 and higher than either in Higher Education acording to USNews.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education (note the sortable columns in the table)

Of course I'm happy to point out that Nebraska ranks higher than Kansas on either scale.

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Re:How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live... by ghaff on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @09:43AM (#15550007)

Compared to NYC public schools? You’d probably do quite well unless your kid got into one of the especially good ones in NYC. Schools are a big part of why families move out of the city.

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Re:How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live... by camiller on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @09:41AM (#15549991)

http://siliconprairienews.com/about/

Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and yes Kansas

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