If you’ve been looking for a house, you’ll realize that 1.3M houses in San Jose either need some work done or are not in a good school district. I am sure someo

If you’ve been looking for a house, you’ll realize that 1.3M houses in San Jose either need some work done or are not in a good school district. I am sure someone who makes $450k will always try to move to the best available school district. Also to your point about expenses. Companies don’t pay you $450k for a 9-5 job. They do that so they can squeeze out as much time of your day as possible. Most tech workers don’t “dine out”, they order in because they have to. And as far as what I said, it’s not to cry how bad it is for someone making 450k. It is to say that it sounds nice, but in practice you can get a comparable lifestyle in say 80k in India or 200k in Europe. The only difference like I said is when you move out of these expensive places to somewhere cheaper. It’s the same comparison to saying you can earn $18-25/hour (35-50k/year) waiting tables in Bay Area. But only make 20k/year in Paris doing the same job in Paris.