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Aren't you leaving out the most important differentiation between Portland and SF? The amount of available jobs and their salaries is vastly different in each

Aren't you leaving out the most important differentiation between Portland and SF? The amount of available jobs and their salaries is vastly different in each location. One minute of searching for "software developer" on indeed.com: SF: 7,223 jobs, median $95k Portland, OR: 1,222 jobs, median $80k

elenorelange 11y ago
interesting that based on his numbers the extra $15k in SF is not enough to make up for the rent. and the guy in portland has a house!
dsp1234 11y ago
It's obviously a smaller market. I'm just suggesting that it's possible, and providing some anecdata. From a real standard of living, the cut in pay is overwhelming made up by the fact that I live in my own detached 2k+ sqft house on a .25 acre of land (and at significantly less than $3500/mo). Again, just looking at the city of SF directly, there are 13 homes for sale under $750k with a min of 2bd/1.25ba. Take a pay cut, have access to 40 times as many houses. It's possible to do software development and not pay $3500. Which was what the above poster was talking about "I'd love to stop paying $3500/month in rent, but any property to buy around here has a median price of $1.2 million." the most important differentiation between Portland and SF? Also, the most important differentiation between Portland and SF is the weather. Anyone will skill can get a job here (I've never had to look more than a couple weeks).
prewett 11y ago
How many software developer jobs do you need? 1222 sounds like it would provide quite a bit of choice. Plus, there's probably fewer people looking for those jobs in Portland. Not to mention the fact that the salary is 20% higher in SF, but rent is 60% higher in SF [1]. I'd say that's a pretty big win for Portland. [1] http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&city1=San+Francisco%2C+CA&country2=United+States&city2=Portland%2C+OR http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?coun...

elenorelange 11y ago

interesting that based on his numbers the extra $15k in SF is not enough to make up for the rent. and the guy in portland has a house!

dsp1234 11y ago

It's obviously a smaller market. I'm just suggesting that it's possible, and providing some anecdata. From a real standard of living, the cut in pay is overwhelming made up by the fact that I live in my own detached 2k+ sqft house on a .25 acre of land (and at significantly less than $3500/mo). Again, just looking at the city of SF directly, there are 13 homes for sale under $750k with a min of 2bd/1.25ba. Take a pay cut, have access to 40 times as many houses. It's possible to do software development and not pay $3500. Which was what the above poster was talking about "I'd love to stop paying $3500/month in rent, but any property to buy around here has a median price of $1.2 million." the most important differentiation between Portland and SF? Also, the most important differentiation between Portland and SF is the weather. Anyone will skill can get a job here (I've never had to look more than a couple weeks).

prewett 11y ago

How many software developer jobs do you need? 1222 sounds like it would provide quite a bit of choice. Plus, there's probably fewer people looking for those jobs in Portland. Not to mention the fact that the salary is 20% higher in SF, but rent is 60% higher in SF [1]. I'd say that's a pretty big win for Portland. [1] http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&city1=San+Francisco%2C+CA&country2=United+States&city2=Portland%2C+OR http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?coun...