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The calculator is fun to play with, but as someone from Europe, goddamn what's going on in San Fransisco? You get almost double the salaries compared to Germany
by pingyong 7y ago
The calculator is fun to play with, but as someone from Europe, goddamn what's going on in San Fransisco? You get almost double the salaries compared to Germany/Sweden etc., and significantly more than in NYC - rent must be insane!
- GhettoMaestro 7y agoYes. Rent in SF is off the charts. Also they (California in general) have a major homeless (housing) crises. Lots of NIMBYs blocking new building developments because of "their view".
- lunchables 7y agoYes - it is absolutely insane: https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/ca/san-francisco/ https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/ca/sa... (Note that is ~700 sq feet, not meters) But, you also make literally twice as much money, so it easily offsets the extra rent.
- souprock 7y agoThis is the case for people with little need for space. If you are happy to rent a room and you don't need a parking spot, you get a great deal. Investments and mail-order items aren't any more expensive in San Francisco. Local expenses like food are break-even with a 2x price increase. For people who need space, just forget it. House prices are roughly 10x higher than in the ordinary small cities, ignoring the difference in land area. Families need the space. I know a former San Francisco resident, now in Florida, with enough space to raise sheep and shoot an AR-15 in his yard. He's not rich. He earns a salary as a good software developer, and he decided to buy that kind of space. It's 11 acres if I remember right. He couldn't have that in San Francisco, even earning literally twice as much money.
- Kiro 7y agoThey are not even hiring in Sweden (why not?). Is that a typo or did you manage to select Sweden somehow?