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If you're single, have no kids, and "ok" with roommates and you're part of the 70% of renters who live in a rent-controlled unit the combination of making a Bay
by dawhizkid 8y ago
If you're single, have no kids, and "ok" with roommates and you're part of the 70% of renters who live in a rent-controlled unit the combination of making a Bay Area tech salary + having rent control is hard to beat.
I have a friend at Google who pays $900/mo for a large room in a very central spot in Lower Haight.
- mbreese 8y agoAnd once you're married, have kids, and need more space, the math gets harder to make work.
- allthenews 8y agoIsn't that what suburbs are for?
- sxg 8y agoTraffic and long commute times are another big problem with SF after housing prices.
- akhilcacharya 8y agoGoogle, Amazon, and Facebook all have offices in New York, where an entire state of suburbs is a PATH train or Suburban shuttle away. If not, they also all have offices in Seattle, where the suburbs are even closer and all have access via company buses.
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- briandear 8y agoHave you priced houses in the Bay Area suburbs? $2 million is practically the price of admission for a 3 bedroom.
- anothergoogler 8y agoAfter 6-10 hours at a dinky desk in an open office, you can bet I'm not okay with roommates!