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people do not think about it rationally. The money you earn in SF is mostly not your money, its the landlord's money. You can work in London, live outside the M
by fgrep 8y ago
people do not think about it rationally.
The money you earn in SF is mostly not your money, its the landlord's money.
You can work in London, live outside the M25, and have 35 minutes commute time, in a train, and pay reasonably normal rent/mortgage.
I am not sure if you can live outside SF and work in SF and spend less than 4 hours commuting eveyday.
I've just received two offers one for permie £100k and £700/day for a contract, I'm pretty certain I would be left with more money here that I would in SF even if im on $180k.
Being in SF with family/kids is a game over I guess.
- dmode 8y agoThis is just not true, I live outside SF and have kids and own a single family home. My pay here has exponentially gone up over the last 5 years, especially if you account for RSUs and so has my wife's. We are also able to change jobs every two years that results in decent pay increases. I also made a ton of money selling my previous home, and sit on a massive equity on my current home. There is a reason things cost a lot here. Because people can afford it.
- fgrep 8y agoSo you owned a previous home, presumably before the real estate has rocketed, and your wife is also in the tech industry... If I want to move now and I do not own a home neither have millions to fork, and my wife is not in the tech industry... also its not clear how bad your commute time is. Not sure where outside SF you can live and still be able to commute everyday without being 4 hours on roads a day... there is no public transportation in the us