3 ms·
when I could spend those fifteen years living in the burbs in a big house with the white picket fence in almost any other major city in the US? Why would you s
by ska 8y ago
when I could spend those fifteen years living in the burbs in a big house with the white picket fence in almost any other major city in the US?
Why would you speak "in general" about something so specific - this really isn't a goal for everyone. All the best for you making your own decisions of course. In my case I will make considerable tradeoffs to hopefully never live in a 'burb again.
It's also worth noting that cities aren't fungible.
- scarface74 8y agoBecause the whole point is what the “average” developer is making across the country and not the outliers.
- ska 8y agoWhat does that have to do with wanting/not wanting to live in the 'burbs ? Lots of "average" developers don't want to live in SV or a 'burb. You present it as some sort of weird dichotomy - reality is much more complex than that.
- scarface74 8y agoIt’s not about living in the burbs. The average developer could also live in a smaller condo in the center of the city in most metro areas. The point is more that it seems like people in the bubble think that a developer living in a major metro area outside of SV making in the low six figures is somehow living in squalor barely making ins meet when they can live where they want in most cities and save - especially if they are a part of a two income household.
- ska 8y agoOk, I think you had a reasonable point that just wasn't articulated well. Somewhat separable from what that putative developer should be able to make, of course.