Nearly half of Bay Area residents say they want to leave

Re:Nearly half of Bay Area residents say they want to leave by ramen-san on Sunday June 03, 2018 @06:48PM (#17222846)

It’s true, for people earning tech level salaries, the Bay Area is actually ‘affordable’ - see a comparison of earning and cost of living between SF and Kansas City here: https://ramenretirement.com/2018/05/14/cost-of-living/

You’ll save a higher percent and absolute amount of money working in the bay.

Of course, the issue is that not everyone earns $300K+ per year. Unless you make it into a senior role at a tech company by the time you want to have kids, living a ‘normal’ life in the Bay will be hard. Even doctors and dentists will struggle. I completely understand why people would want to leave. I expect they will. The Bay Area is great, but America is an amazing, beautiful place, and fine food / coffee / culture has spread far beyond the streets of SF these days.

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Re:Nearly half of Bay Area residents say they want to leave by friedman23 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @06:55PM (#17222900)

There is good food and culture in almost any major metropolitan city in the US. Will you find a variety of Asian and Indian foods in other American cities? Probably not but the food is still good.

Seattle, Atlanta, Austin, Miami, etc. You really cannot got wrong with any of these cities.

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