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You should also: Drive a reasonable used car (if at all); send your kids to public school; live with roommates (or spouse); commute so you can live in a cheaper area; avoid expensive vacations; cook at home more frequently; etc.

I tried explaining all this to coworkers when I worked at Google, and many people dismiss the idea. These are the same people who:

- Drive a new Tesla

- Pay $120k/yr to send their four kids to private schools despite good public schools in the area

- Insist on living in SF and commuting 2 hrs by bus each way

- Jetset around the world for vacations

- Eat out at every non-Google meal

You can lead a horse to water... but sometimes you just can't make them drink. And guess which of my coworkers complained the loudest about unlivable wages in SFBA...?