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You can live decently in the valley on a lot less than 300k. Speaking from experience, even 90k is perfectly comfortable. Based on the salaries of my friends i

• eldavido 6y ago
  This is kind of a contrarian viewpoint but one I happen to agree with. As a single person, you can live a great life on $100K. No, maybe you aren't going to $100/plate restaurants every night or living in a $5000/month luxury studio, but there are plenty of great apartments in Oakland (where I live) for $1500-2000/month. What's actually started to become jarring is the difference between SF proper and the rest of the region. SF rents seem to be almost 2x comparable places in the East Bay, plus the general price level is higher from Prop C and all the other insane junk the electorate wants. 2x the cost and the city is rapidly becoming a tent camp, I'm happy to live a little farther out and commute to work 1-2x/week when I'm not WFH.
• stuff4ben 6y ago
  Probably single with no family to support, living in a shoebox, with no car. Sure if you want to spend 60% of your salary on "housing" in SF, $150K is perfectly fine...
  • Jommi 6y ago
    Why do you need to live in SF?
• jupp0r 6y ago
  With mortgage payments in the $5k range, I highly doubt your assessment. Maybe your definition of comfortable is different than mine, or you don’t have children.