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I was shocked when I compared cost of living and discovered various online calculators show that making $60k in Tucson, Arizona is about the same as making some
by Glyptodon 8y ago
I was shocked when I compared cost of living and discovered various online calculators show that making $60k in Tucson, Arizona is about the same as making somewhere in the $104-140k range in the Bay Area (I'm not sure of what the different assumptions are between calculators that lead to the range, could see it be something like including Oakland vs San Rafael).
- pascalxus 8y agoThe difference is much much greater than that if you have a family and are looking to buy a House in the bay area with a decent size back yard. In most parts of the country you can do that on a houshold income of about 40k to 100k. In the bay area penninsula, currently, you would need an income of about 600K in order to get the same type of house and yard combination (which would roughly cost 2M to 3M). And that's with the vast majority of your income going towards paying off that mortgage AND property taxes.
- anonymous5133 8y agoYup. I have a friend who works in a sf hospital. Works 2 weeks on and gets 2 weeks off. 12+ hour shifts and lives at the hospital. She owns a home in phoenix and flys into sf every 2 weeks. Gets the high salary and gets low col in phoenix.
- jdhn 8y agoDoes she sleep in a spare hospital room? I feel like the hospital wouldn't allow that due to the fact that the room would potentially need to be allocated to a patient.