Re:Nearly half of Bay Area residents say they want to leave
by friedman23 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @06:43PM
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You can make much more than $125k in the Bay Area. You should try interviewing here just to see what you are offered.
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Re:Nearly half of Bay Area residents say they want to leave
by runamok on Sunday June 03, 2018 @10:43PM
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I do actually live here. Hence the mention of the things I like about it. I was just using nice round numbers as an estimate and trying to say cost of living matters but the #1 thing I pay for here vs another American city is rent. Groceries, gas, consumer goods, etc. do not differ enough to be worth factoring into the equation. I think the big ticket is buying a house. THAT feels really out of reach because I can't do the mental gymnastics to pay around $1000 a square foot...
Re:Nearly half of Bay Area residents say they want to leave
by jhall1468 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @08:19PM
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I have and can say that Seattle and the Bay aren't anywhere near 2x, yet COL is considerably lower (particularly rent) and no state income tax. None of the offers I received would have netted me more money, in fact all of them would have been less money overall.