after taxes and rent If you have no money left over for food after rent, do not live here -- full stop. If you have no money left over after taxes, then you a

after taxes and rent If you have no money left over for food after rent, do not live here -- full stop. If you have no money left over after taxes, then you are doing your witholding wrong. And the Bay Area isn't some zone-of-enormous-taxation. We've got like 2% more sales tax and maybe 4% for restaurants who are passing on the medical buck.