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Our compensation doesn't differ widely between our YVR and SFO offices. YVR rents and housing is very expensive. More than SFO in many areas. The comp rebate
by davidu 12y ago
Our compensation doesn't differ widely between our YVR and SFO offices. YVR rents and housing is very expensive. More than SFO in many areas.
The comp rebate is nice, but not why we are in YVR.
- fredophile 12y agoI moved from YVR to SFO a couple years ago. Buying a house in either city is expensive. However, my rent doubled when I moved. If I had chosen to live in San Francisco itself my rent would have been even higher. Parts of Vancouver are more expensive than parts of San Francisco but if you compare similar neighborhoods Vancouver will almost always end up cheaper. Transportation costs in the Bay Area are also much higher than the GVRD. Parking in San Francisco costs a fortune and public transit is a mess. You can get a three zone bus pass in Vancouver for far less than I spent each month on BART and the Caltrain. Because there's only one transit company that bus pass is good everywhere. In SFO you need passes for each service. BART doesn't do monthly passes and if you need to go to Oakland bring cash. Your clipper card isn't good there. If I was looking at equal compensation there is no way I'd choose to live in SFO.