[closeparen]

It was enough for a single person in a good studio or middling 1BR with no kids, probably no car, and no desire to own property.

[bombcar]

At some point the idea of working for $AI in SF just to enrich landlords and have a lifestyle that (at least materialistically) is greatly outclassed by some rural cashier at Walmart (3 bedroom house, family, car) needs to be thought about.