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With inflation and the terribly high cost of housing in places like the Bay Area, “seven figures is the new six figures” is an apt observation. I make six figu
by linguae 2y ago
With inflation and the terribly high cost of housing in places like the Bay Area, “seven figures is the new six figures” is an apt observation. I make six figures, yet I can’t afford to buy a home within a reasonable commute from my job, and even finding a decent rental near my job is challenging. Seven figures is indeed the new six figures.
- et-al 2y agoAnd to put it more concretely: directors at Google are pulling close to 7 figures in total comp. It's wild.
- __turbobrew__ 2y agoMy colleague makes mid 6 figures in the bay area and just scrounged enough money together to buy a house from the 1950s with asbestos.
- hypothesis 2y agoDid they pay premium for asbestos?
- __turbobrew__ 2y agoYea, 10 years of his life.
- hypothesis 2y agoCertainly a steep price to pay. I recall that some states were happy to deice roads next to schools with radioactive brine, which might come back now with EPA being dismantled. https://www.acfan.org/2020/radioactive-oil-and-gas-waste-on-ohio-roads/ https://www.acfan.org/2020/radioactive-oil-and-gas-waste-on-...