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Do you have this as a function of median income and commute time? (I.e. housing within 30 minutes of jobs paying x)? Almost every time I see a decent non-remot
by CalRobert 7y ago
Do you have this as a function of median income and commute time? (I.e. housing within 30 minutes of jobs paying x)?
Almost every time I see a decent non-remote job it's in an expensive city.
- hyperpape 7y agoI'm 10-15 minutes outside of Raleigh. I have a 22-35 minute commute (depending on time of day and traffic). I bought a house for something like 300-350% of a junior dev's annual salary in 2013, and from what I can tell, could do the same today (both house prices and junior salaries have increased). (Note: I am in Garner, which is a less affluent town, but hardly a bad place to live).
- CalRobert 7y agoThanks - appreciate the data point. I just bought a house for about 0.8x a mid-career dev's annual salary, but worked really hard to find it (I'll be about 1.2x once I get it finished and rethatched, which is part of why it was cheap) But I work remote and it's a risk to leave the city - growing up in northern California the idea of owning a home without an enormous amount of debt (and thereby meaning I had to decide to maximize income whether it meant doing what I wanted) was foreign.
- nradov 7y agoHow do you define a "decent" job? If you're a nurse you can probably find a decent job most anywhere. If you're a software developer then your options may be more limited.