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COL multipliers for San Francisco are about 1.8x...

• seattle_spring 9y ago
  People that say it's 3x to 10x seem to think they deserve to live in the same 5,000 sq ft mansion that they have in nowhere, Indiana.
  • closeparen 9y ago
    Then you are comparing lifestyles, not locations. You can live car-free with roommates in a rundown apartment in an unsexy neighborhood 60+ public-transit minutes from work in a major world city like Chicago for less than $1k/mo (including rent, food, transit fare, and basic entertainment). Nowhere, Indiana would be even less. Many, many young people exploit this fact to try and launch careers in un-lucrative fields like arts and academia.
  • skgoa 9y ago
    Ah, so cost of living comparisons shouldn't use the same lifestyle in both places, got it.