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Have you looked into the rent and taxes in NYC? As a determined single person chasing FIRE you probably could pull off some arbitrage by renting a room somewhe
by cylinder 10y ago
Have you looked into the rent and taxes in NYC?
As a determined single person chasing FIRE you probably could pull off some arbitrage by renting a room somewhere far, but a more reasonable lifestyle and raising a family, I doubt it.
- miguelrochefort 10y agoLooks fantastic to me. New York City: - Gross income: $150,000 - Net income: $95,000 - Rent: $25,000 - Money left: $70,000 Montreal: - Gross income: $35,000 - Net income: $27,000 - Rent: $6,000 - Money left: $21,000 Would you switch place?
- cylinder 10y agoSure, Montreal is pretty lame IMO. Assuming you're in software why don't you make the move? As a Canadian citizen you can easily get TN status at the border.
- miguelrochefort 10y agoLack of a degree makes things more complicated.
- cylinder 10y agoYou can get it with a "post-secondary certificate" combined with three years experience.
- hackerboos 10y agoMedian developer salary is more like $45k in Montreal [1] and $93k in NYC [2], according to Payscale. [1] - http://www.payscale.com/research/CA/Job=Software_Engineer_%2f_Developer_%2f_Programmer/Salary/720cacaf/Montr%C3%A9al-QC http://www.payscale.com/research/CA/Job=Software_Engineer_%2... [2] - http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Software_Engineer/Salary/df029197/New-York-NY http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Software_Engineer/Sa... Money left NYC: $40,000 Money left Montreal: $23,250 The apartment difference is going to be considerable. It's very cheap to rent in Montreal.
- miguelrochefort 10y agoMy numbers are in USD. $45,000 CAD = $33,500 USD
- hackerboos 10y agoMine too I did the conversion and Montreal's median salary is $60,000 Canadian not $45,000.
- miguelrochefort 10y agoMy bad. Looks like I'm underpaid.