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I work in New York at a tech company with more than 200 employees that's a household name among below 50s and considered a hot brand and I only get paid 150.
by rngname22 3y ago
I work in New York at a tech company with more than 200 employees that's a household name among below 50s and considered a hot brand and I only get paid 150.
- Scoundreller 3y agoNYC metro or Rochester/Buffalo? 150k goes a lot further in the latter.
- nerdponx 3y agoLast I checked, $150k/year was enough to afford a decent house in a place like Penfield. It's a completely different world. I'm talking about NYC metro. Interestingly it seems like just about all of New England is more expensive than comparable areas in Western NY.
- numbsafari 3y agoIt pays to be on the coastal plains, east of the Appalachian mountains.
- nsporillo 3y agoI bought a house in a suburb of Rochester on a $80k salary in 2021. Same house 2 years later would be double the monthly payment :)
- throwaway2037 3y agoWait, is that due to interest rates or capital appreciation? There is a big difference.
- eyelidlessness 3y agoBasically all places in the US with anything resembling urban density and don’t have a reputation for decline have been on this housing cost trajectory for several years now.
- rnk 3y agoProbably both.
- notyourwork 3y ago+1 I live in California or I like in Washington is very different from I live in San Francisco or I live in Seattle.
- nerdponx 3y agoBasically nobody outside of NY even remembers that Rochester exists, I was being lazy but I figured that most people would interpret NY == NYC.
- notyourwork 3y agoNYC, $150k. That's a pretty abysmal salary for a software engineer.
- smolder 3y agoMost people seem to, which is a thorn in the side of anyone who has lived outside of NYC in the big beautiful state of NY. It's annoying having to regularly clarify "the state, not the city".
- cdme 3y agoCalifornia outside of LA/SD/SF is dramatically different (with the exception of some coastal areas). Even then housing and rental competition can be pretty bad. My brother in law has done 4 hour round trip commutes to the Bay Area for contracting work while managing to find an area with affordable housing.
- davchana 3y agoYeah, Sonora, about an hour from Stockton or 3 from Bay Area, has houses available at 600k or something. Crazy.
- cdme 3y agoYup — they’re out that way and it’s still pricey. It’s unreal — the last time I heard the subject of renting here come up there were only 3-4 houses available in the whole town.