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Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations: NY and VA by Spivak on Monday November 05, 2018 @11:45PM (#18388439)
Living in NY certainly isn't cheap but two six figure earners can more than live comfortably. Hell, if your household income is greater than like 75k then you're pretty much fine -- not living the high life but no real financial worry.
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Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations: NY and VA by ggregoire on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @12:24AM (#18388608)
From a foreigner point of view, it seems completely ridiculous that we are even debating if a couple with 1M per year can afford or not living in NYC.
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Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations: NY and VA by why_only_15 on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @12:49AM (#18388702)
This is not 1M+ per year, this is 100k+ per year. Six figures = 100k+
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Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations: NY and VA by ggregoire on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @12:55AM (#18388736)
> two six figure earners

Since we are talking about Amazon highly paid engineers, could be 2x 200-500k.

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Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations: NY and VA by Spivak on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @11:53AM (#18392667)
Sure, but I'm assuming the worst case for six figures. If your household income is $200k then even in NY you can easily afford a nice house or high-end condo/apt in a good part of town, while living in comfort with no financial worry.
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Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations: NY and VA by kgc on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @03:01AM (#18389188)
Amazon salary cap is 160k.
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Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations: NY and VA by ggregoire on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @11:10AM (#18392229)
Doesn’t seem true: https://www.levels.fyi/SE/Google/Facebook/Microsoft/
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Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations: NY and VA by Zaheer on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @11:19AM (#18392321)
I think they recently increased salary cap to $180k specifically for Bay Area. It varies by location.
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Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations: NY and VA by ggregoire on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @03:39PM (#18394716)
The link I posted shows Amazon salaries above $400k.
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