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Re:Families earning $117,000 now qualify as “low income” in ... by softawre on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @03:26PM (#17411018)
You can get the 5 bedroom house 15 minutes away from a decent city, 15 minutes away from work, in most states, and not miss out on much from the SV "lifestyle".

I think the only thing I miss out on by not working in SV is working with true world-class talent.

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Re:Families earning $117,000 now qualify as “low income” in ... by jogjayr on Thursday June 28, 2018 @01:20AM (#17414264)
Who said anything about the SV lifestyle? I was only talking about the high salaries in SV and the financial opportunities resulting from them.

What I meant was you can't have the same lifestyle in SV as you would in a low CoL area - no humongous house etc. You'd have to adapt and especially downsize on living space. But if you're OK doing that the financial rewards are large.

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Re:Families earning $117,000 now qualify as “low income” in ... by jimbofisher1 on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @12:05PM (#17507973)
Financial rewards? Like $2 Million for a house that costs 200k in the rest of the country? What savings!

SV is fine if you never want to buy a home, start a family, live without roomates etc..

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