Valley living is very expensive. I remember meeting someone from Portland and he said with 80k he could still afford to buy a house but he wouldn't be able to d

Valley living is very expensive. I remember meeting someone from Portland and he said with 80k he could still afford to buy a house but he wouldn't be able to do that if he were going to stay in the Valley. I was an intern this summer and was looking around the price for an apartment (I want to return to MV at some point after college). It's at least 2k at that time. Most of them were gone and only 3000k, 4000k left. I was looking for just a single bedroom. That was hella expensive. I used to complain about chinese dinner at Castro street cost $9. I am now back to NY and I can feed myself around $5 (well for $9 in MV I get roughly double size, so more food to eat). But then again, do I really need that much a night? It's expensive.