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Re:Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions by scarface_74 on Saturday January 13, 2024 @04:00AM (#38978293)
“Living comfortably” and “owning a home” is not synonymous. Is there any place in the US that a household will be homeless and hungry making $100k?
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Re:Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions by harimau777 on Saturday January 13, 2024 @09:18AM (#38980104)
Simply not being "homeless and hungry" is also not synonymous with "living comfortably". In many US cities, $100K is not enough to have much financial security and without owning a home it is more difficult to have much personal autonomy.
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Re:Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions by scarface_74 on Saturday January 13, 2024 @11:36AM (#38981562)
And you still haven’t listed a metropolitan area - and I’m being pedantic because you may not be able to live in Manhattan or downtown Seattle - for $100K?
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