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 $1

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.