Lifestyle creep and tech hubs have expensive real estate. I am super lucky in that I have a FAANG job in LCOL area and will most likely be FIRE by I am 40 with

Lifestyle creep and tech hubs have expensive real estate. I am super lucky in that I have a FAANG job in LCOL area and will most likely be FIRE by I am 40 with a fully paid off single detached home, but you cannot do that in the bay area where almost all your income will go to paying your mortgage. I also know a co-worker who lives in a LCOL area and just bought a Porsche 911 GT3…