[darknavi]

Maybe they mean they pay more in the bay area because of the high housing costs.

[hot_gril]

That's what I understood too, but it seems more like enough to rent, not buy.

[olliej]

Yeah I recently looked at rent costs down in the South Bay (thinking “tiny shitty apartment to avoid 12-15 hours of mandatory commuting 3 days a week”) and it’s insane - like “more than my mortgage payments” insane.