Re:How to Survive in SF as a Broke Startup
by Retric on Thursday November 06, 2014 @11:23AM
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People rarely make apples to apples comparisons.
A nice 4 bedroom house on 2 acres is easily 10 to 20+x as much in the Valley vs most of the US. Generally, when running the numbers people adjust for this and look at the housing people actually buy vs trying to do direct comparisons.
Cars on the other hand tend to be close to the same price anywhere you live. But, insurance vary's a fair bit.
So, while directly living a 35k lifestyle in India might cost 500k in the valley, most people are willing to make reasonable sacrifices. And thare are advantages to living in a major city.
A nice 4 bedroom house on 2 acres is easily 10 to 20+x as much in the Valley vs most of the US. Generally, when running the numbers people adjust for this and look at the housing people actually buy vs trying to do direct comparisons.
Cars on the other hand tend to be close to the same price anywhere you live. But, insurance vary's a fair bit.
So, while directly living a 35k lifestyle in India might cost 500k in the valley, most people are willing to make reasonable sacrifices. And thare are advantages to living in a major city.