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Except that you live better in Montreal than in SF with 1.5X less salary. I don't mind moving there but living in a shared room because rent are 2k5 a month for

• maaku 12y ago
  if you live frugally in Silicon Valley your savings can be larger than your annual salary in Montreal.
  • disbelief 12y ago
    How does one live frugally when rent is sometimes 60-70% of your income? Plus taxes in California are comparable to those in Quebec, but health care isn't covered.
    • maaku 12y ago
      Don't live in gentrified, high-rent neighborhoods in the city. I rent in San Jose, have private health insurance, and am sole provider for a family of four. Our necessary expenses to maintain our standard of living for last year totaled around $40k. That year I had been offered (and turned down for unrelated reasons) a $115k job on the peninsula. Even assuming a worst-case tax situation, I still could have been saving $40k/year. That's approximately the going rate in Quebec for the work I do.