[justchilly]

It's expensive being well off. If you make $250k a year, you take home $159k in SF. A big chunk of that goes to cost of living such that the $20k means one of your two kids can't go to the college they want because it's $50k per year, and you don't qualify for financial aid.

[veggieburglar]

It’s much, much more expensive to be poor.

Reread this comment and find why most of “regular” America hates the coasts and tech elites.

[derwiki]

Unless I’m mistaken, there are colleges that are less than 50k/year.

[daniel-cussen]

And others that aren't, that's the point. That kid can't go to his college of choice because it's expensive, not that he can't go to any college at all.