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by lotharbot
4270 days ago
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You're right that you're not starving. But someone who makes $75k in Texas, Colorado, or Georgia isn't talking about how nice of a 1BR they can get. The expectations are completely different. You can rent a fairly nice 3+ BR house in my neighborhood for $1500. That saves you $18k per year over the apartment you referenced, for a living situation that's viable for a family. Compared to a similar-sized rental house in SV, a house here saves around $42k per year. When you account for taxes (an extra $5-10k in state taxes and around $14k in federal taxes on the higher income) you can see how $130k in SV wouldn't get you "much" compared to $75k elsewhere. And you probably wouldn't make $75k elsewhere; $90-110k is more typical for the same sort of work. |
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