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This, my friends,is a prime example of coastal elitism. Does derefr really think that there are no jobs in the capital city of Kansas that pay enough to afford

This, my friends,is a prime example of coastal elitism. Does derefr really think that there are no jobs in the capital city of Kansas that pay enough to afford a house under 100k? Not a single job? Lol. Edit: Ha ha downvotes for pointing out that high paying jobs exist outside of California. Nice.

DrScump 9y ago
Lenexa, Kansas fancied itself to be "The Silicon Prairie" 25 years ago.
- murph-almighty 9y ago
  Possible hot topic: should the politics of unconventional job locations scare me from moving there? Take Kansas. If in theory I'm making 100k and we're playing the "low taxes" game I'd probably be fine financially, but I think it would come at the cost of... well, a few things. School quality, for one- if I have kids are they going to be better educated in NJ/NY (where I am now) than Kansas?
  - ghaff 9y ago
    Compared to NYC public schools? You’d probably do quite well unless your kid got into one of the especially good ones in NYC. Schools are a big part of why families move out of the city.
  - camiller 9y ago
    Well, Kansas ranks higher than NY but lower than NJ in Pre-K - 12 and higher than either in Higher Education acording to USNews. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education (note the sortable columns in the table) Of course I'm happy to point out that Nebraska ranks higher than Kansas on either scale.
- camiller 9y ago
  http://siliconprairienews.com/about/ http://siliconprairienews.com/about/ Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and yes Kansas
cr1895 9y ago
>This, my friends,is a prime example of coastal elitism. Does derefr really think that there are no jobs in the capital city of Kansas that pay enough to afford a house under 100k? Not a single job? Derefr didn't imply that in the slightest, and it's rather uncharitable of you to point it out as "coastal elitism." The question asked was, "but what do jobs in Topeka pay, and how many of them are there?," which to me sounds quite a reasonable question. So that's why I downvoted you. And you didn't actually contribute anything of value with that comment; of course 100k jobs exist outside of California.
- mikeash 9y ago
  It’s obviously a rhetorical question, attempting to make the point that there are no good jobs to be bad there.
- deadmetheny 9y ago
  The lede of: >"Affordable housing" implies that there is a job at the destination that can pay a wage that can pay the mortgage seems to imply disbelief that people can live well outside major cities. I'd prefer to be charitable, as the GP has stated elsewhere that they are not American and didn't know, but I've seen that line of thought here enough to understand why the parent could get defensive.

DrScump 9y ago

Lenexa, Kansas fancied itself to be "The Silicon Prairie" 25 years ago.

murph-almighty 9y ago
Possible hot topic: should the politics of unconventional job locations scare me from moving there? Take Kansas. If in theory I'm making 100k and we're playing the "low taxes" game I'd probably be fine financially, but I think it would come at the cost of... well, a few things. School quality, for one- if I have kids are they going to be better educated in NJ/NY (where I am now) than Kansas?
- ghaff 9y ago
  Compared to NYC public schools? You’d probably do quite well unless your kid got into one of the especially good ones in NYC. Schools are a big part of why families move out of the city.
- camiller 9y ago
  Well, Kansas ranks higher than NY but lower than NJ in Pre-K - 12 and higher than either in Higher Education acording to USNews. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education (note the sortable columns in the table) Of course I'm happy to point out that Nebraska ranks higher than Kansas on either scale.
camiller 9y ago
http://siliconprairienews.com/about/ http://siliconprairienews.com/about/ Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and yes Kansas

cr1895 9y ago

>This, my friends,is a prime example of coastal elitism. Does derefr really think that there are no jobs in the capital city of Kansas that pay enough to afford a house under 100k? Not a single job? Derefr didn't imply that in the slightest, and it's rather uncharitable of you to point it out as "coastal elitism." The question asked was, "but what do jobs in Topeka pay, and how many of them are there?," which to me sounds quite a reasonable question. So that's why I downvoted you. And you didn't actually contribute anything of value with that comment; of course 100k jobs exist outside of California.

mikeash 9y ago
It’s obviously a rhetorical question, attempting to make the point that there are no good jobs to be bad there.
deadmetheny 9y ago
The lede of: >"Affordable housing" implies that there is a job at the destination that can pay a wage that can pay the mortgage seems to imply disbelief that people can live well outside major cities. I'd prefer to be charitable, as the GP has stated elsewhere that they are not American and didn't know, but I've seen that line of thought here enough to understand why the parent could get defensive.