> In fact, some of these workers joined 11 million Americans in spending more than half of their income on rent! Difference is the other half is still more th

> In fact, some of these workers joined 11 million Americans in spending more than half of their income on rent! Difference is the other half is still more than most people make. > https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/2e1q1s/30_of_salary_towards_rent_before_taxes_or_take/ https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/2e1q1s/30_... Did someone really just reference /r/personalfinance as though it is fact? I've always heard 30% of gross income. but whatever, it loses meaning when you can spend 50% on rent and still walk away with thousands of dollars a month. > one of Google’s software engineers is living in a van! by choice. > Last year we noted that technology workers looking for savings may want to consider heading south to Silicon Beach Oh but who would I work for down south? Oh your company. Gee, I wonder why they wrote this. > the $995 rental price nearby its office means SpaceX employees have the largest percentage of take home income in their pockets after paying rent each month True, but the difference after tax and everything else is a few hundred dollars a month.