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> These numbers are about 60% more than corporate salaries where I live, but the cost of living in SV is roughly 3-10x greater. Your point doesn't necessarily
by swolchok 9y ago
> These numbers are about 60% more than corporate salaries where I live, but the cost of living in SV is roughly 3-10x greater.
Your point doesn't necessarily follow from your argument. For example, if salaries where you live were $1,000,000 per year and the cost of living was $10,000, you would gain $600,000 per year in salary and lose up to $90,000 per year in costs, for a net profit of $510,000.
- loeg 9y agoYour first-principles argument is logically correct, but totally ignores the actual costs of living and salary in the given areas. The grandparent point stands just fine.
- pseudonom- 9y agoThe first principles argument is consonant with my actual experience in the Midwest and SV. I have vastly more money left over after living expenses in SV.
- austincheney 9y agoAre you single? I imagine you find a reasonably priced small apartment for a single person in SV. I doubt you can find a reasonably priced 3000 sqft house in SV.