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some engineers most certainly do. I'd say anyone who makes over 200K can afford to live here. Can a single person making 150K a year afford to live in Santa Cla
by ZanyProgrammer 11y ago
some engineers most certainly do. I'd say anyone who makes over 200K can afford to live here. Can a single person making 150K a year afford to live in Santa Clara County? I'd say for sure.
- Retric 11y agoYour vastly overstating things. 2,700 per month was doable @85k. @150K you could afford 6K per month.
- ZanyProgrammer 11y agoI'm just responding to the sentiment that even engineers have to resort to renting rooms from people. Depending on living expenses and the ability to save, lots of engineers can afford to live decently in SV. 90k isn't going to buy you a house in Palo Alto, but you can afford to live in SJ/SV/SC/etc with that.
- Redoubts 11y ago> @150K you could afford 6K per month. But why would I do that to myself?
- ryandrake 11y agoSo basically only a very small outlier population (those who make over $200K) can actually afford to live in the area.
- ZanyProgrammer 11y agoI'd say (depending on an individual's exact circumstances) a high 5/low 6 figure salary is the minimum salary for a single person to be able to rent a halfway decent apartment someplace in the Bay.