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TIL there are people who equate wanting to stay in the city they grew up in as an equivalent level of entitlement to owning a Ferrari. ...and they consider the
by crdoconnor 8y ago
TIL there are people who equate wanting to stay in the city they grew up in as an equivalent level of entitlement to owning a Ferrari.
...and they consider themselves "left leaning"
- throwaway080383 8y agoI want to be a software engineer making FANG $, but live in the tiny Midwestern town I grew up in. It is unethical for society to not provide this for me.
- crdoconnor 8y agoNobody said anything about guaranteeing "FANG" jobs, just a reasonably priced place to live to people who grew up in SF.
- throwaway080383 8y agoSorry I wasn't totally clear. I currently have a FANG job, but I am forced to live in a high COL locale to maintain it. Living anywhere near my hometown is simply not an option; I doubt there is a single employed software engineer in a 30 mile radius, and certainly not at the same level of comp. So, if I want to be a well paid software engineer, I can't live in Iowa. If I want to live in Iowa, I can't be a well paid software engineer. If you want to live in the Bay, don't be a teacher. If you want to be a teacher, don't live in the Bay. If enough folks follow that rationale, Bay Area teachers will get paid more.