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Theres another level to this going on in certain places too. Its not enough to have both partners working. Now in places like the bay area if you want to be com
by kjkjadksj 3y ago
Theres another level to this going on in certain places too. Its not enough to have both partners working. Now in places like the bay area if you want to be competitive in the housing market, both partners have to be working high income jobs not just working at all. Even if you have a great title, if your partner doesnt, you will be lapped by people who have vastly more buying power than either of you can ever muster together.
I wonder if this creates some serious perverse incentives in the dating scene in these parts of the country. Like people who understand this economic situation and unfortunately write off what might have been great partners because their line of work will never afford the standards of living their dual high income peers are able to achieve.
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- vsareto 3y agoPeople have been choosing partners for money since forever, that's certainly not a new thing
- bluGill 3y agoRust belt cities are actually pretty nice, and you can escape that rat race. Maybe you don't want to live there, but they are nice places.
- paulmd 3y agoMove to East Palestine or Pontiac MI and wait for this month’s chemical spill to find you?
- nradov 3y agoThe best thing that most younger people in the Bay Area can do to improve their quality of life is to move somewhere else. Decades of bad government and an influx of grifters have eroded the advantages it once had. You might take a temporary income hit by leaving but most regular workers will end up better off in the long run. We can argue about what should be done to improve the situation in the Bay Area, but realistically any major changes will take decades to work through the political process. That's going to be too slow to matter for any younger people who are trying to build a decent life right now. As for dating, the skewed gender ratio in "Man Jose" also makes things difficult in a way that transcends economics.
- jiveturkey 3y ago> makes things difficult for who?