> it's not like all your coworkers in a SF startup are talking about their 4 bedroom ranch houses. No, but they can't talk about something more reasonable, eit

> it's not like all your coworkers in a SF startup are talking about their 4 bedroom ranch houses. No, but they can't talk about something more reasonable, either; the price of the majority of the Bay Area's housing exceeds the income of the majority of Bay Area engineers. (This assumes a median house price of ~$750k (cf, [1]), and an unwillingness to pay 45% of your after-tax income in housing.) [1]: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/12/29/bay-area-median-home-price-november-2017/ http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/12/29/bay-area-median-...