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Speaking as a New Yorker, $130k is not "barely a living wage", unless you have a really distorted definition of "living." You do not need to commute 2h for re
by zeroxfe 10y ago
Speaking as a New Yorker, $130k is not "barely a living wage", unless you have a really distorted definition of "living."
You do not need to commute 2h for reasonable housing -- I lived in Brooklyn (which, for me, was a very comfortable 25m door-to-door commute), and was very happy there.
- princetontiger 10y ago$130K is not barely livable.
- webmaven 10y agoKeep in mind that $130k is also total comp. including bonuses that you are elegible for, but might not actually get, and even if you do, might not be in a form actually worth the face value.
- bzbarsky 10y ago> including bonuses that you are elegible for, but might not actually get This does not seem to be true. https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/FactSheet62/whdfs62Q.pdf https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/FactSheet62/whdfs62Q... says: Cash bonuses and similar compensation may be counted or credited toward the $60,000 only if payment is assured. and it's not clear to me that the proposed updates change anything about that other than the numeric value.
- webmaven 10y agoYou're right, I shouldsn't have lumped NYC (in all of it's five borroughs) in with SF. NYC actually has neighborhoods that are affordable, often only a few blocks away from expensive ones.