Someone having a perspective, which is based on data, that you disagree with does not qualify as misinformation. I lived in the aforementioned cities and am not in a relationship with someone who is a high income earner. I think it's fine to point out how problematic it is that whether it's 250, 300, or 400k being the bar for middle class is pretty far down the line of problematicness.
An individual making $400K is rarer than a household making $400K so if the upper bound for a household is $250K, the individual upper bound is far lower, which is nowhere near $400K.
The claim that someone that makes even $300K is “middle class” anywhere is hilarious. That person becomes a millionaire in their 20s while living a very cushy life. You’re incredibly out of touch.
I had a similar income and similar rent on average and was already a millionaire before I turned 28 only investing in index funds. This includes paying off $60K in student loans. Good luck doing that on $65K/year in Ohio.
It's not $300K, it's $243K household income in San Francisco and $252K household income in San Jose in your own link and that's the upper bound of some arbitrary "study". Please don't spread misinformation as it makes this site look poorly educated.