[MattGaiser]

A friend considered it after graduation. 3500 a month for a place in rent.

Eventually even with tech salaries that doesn’t make sense. He went to Seattle.

[opportune]

Should note that's basically the price for a full 1b to yourself in a nice and convenient area in the city. Most people who move here after graduation are probably paying closer to half that due to living with roommates/not in the super convenient and expensive areas.

[MattGaiser]

Fair, but he is paying $1500 for that same thing in Seattle.

[ayberk]

That's still crazy. I live 10-min walk away from downtown and SLU (where Amazon campus is) in Seattle and pay a friction of that for a nice 1bd (and still think it's too expensive).

SF is crazy.

[bpodgursky]

The 10% -> 0% income tax SF -> Seattle is also a pretty big deal.

[renewiltord]

Seattle is a great choice. Salaries are similar. The politics aren’t idiotic. No state income tax. Standard of living is just as good.

[cpitman]

Isn't Seattle the City Council where even the allegation of someone having worked with or been friends with Republicans becomes an election scandal?

edit: found the article that first brought this up to me (https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/in-seattl...)