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Re:$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes by bluedino on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @02:46PM (#20216852)
I didn't mean it like that - I meant that if you're making $100k in a suburb somewhere in a flyover state, you would probably make $140k (for instance) in a place with a higher rent but it woul;dn't really matter to your bottom line
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Re:$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes by CiPHPerCoder on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @03:43PM (#20217541)
But also: Everyone has higher rents, not just you. This will generally be reflected in the cost of living (i.e. not just for your rent will go up, but so will other expenses).

It's not trivial to do this calculation. Some things will surprise you:

You can get cheaper electricity bills in Seattle than where I live (Naples, FL), but you don't need air conditioning in Seattle. Living in Florida without AC is ill-advised.

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