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And all the the pretty money you earn as a software engineer in SF is sufficient only for a kommunalka: http://venturebeat.com/2017/03/10/tech-workers-live-40-t

• Epenthesis 10y ago
  So, living in places like that and paying that much is definitely not normal. For 1900 $/mo, you can get a bedroom in a really nice 2 or 3BR place in the desirable neighborhoods or a studio/1BR in the undesirable neighborhoods (sunset/richmond). I don't understand why the people in that article are living like that (Poor credit? Desperation to find a place fast? Ignorance of the existence of Craigslist?), but they're very, very far from being representative of SF real estate.
  • jon-wood 10y ago
    I think you making that an example of a great deal just shows how skewed the SF housing market is. I'm in the south of the UK, just within commuting distance of London, and for $800/mth less than that rent a 3 bedroom house with a garden in a well connected area, and that's a bit expensive for the area because its well located. The housing market in London is just as ridiculous at the moment and I'm so glad to have got out.
• ptaipale 10y ago
  That could be true, but the poverty rate doesn't really tell anything about it. A purchasing power metric (that includes cost of housing) would indicate that.