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I live on the outskirts on Atl. Henry County which is metro Atl. Yeah 100k salary u can live real nice. Hell 65k u straight also.
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It ain’t that bad if you opt for 2nd or 3rd shift. Easy hour drive to the east bay. Or, stay at families/friends house. If you originally from the bay, you should have friends and family that’ll help out but you gotta break bread of course.A lot of people live inland towards the Valley (Sacramento, etc) and make the commute into SF daily.
I think anywhere in the SF Bay Area, the cost of living is definitely more expensive.
Silicon Valley is just as bad too.
A lot of people live inland towards the Valley (Sacramento, etc) and make the commute into SF daily.
I know if I make it back to to the Bay Area, my commute will be long (will take the ferry). I will not ruin my quality of life by sitting in a car for 6 hrs a day everyday.
The question is there a lot of jobs or opportunity to earn the $100K salary to live like a god in ATL?
Anybody from Austin, Tx? I read that they’re the next booming city...like how Atlanta was back in 1998.
Atlanta is not cheap. Knock downs in O4W/Inman Park/Cabbagetown can run ~$500k. You aren’t finding a crib in Buckhead for under $600k.
We had to move to the burbs to find something decent and affordable.
Sure, having that type of shift helps.It ain’t that bad if you opt for 2nd or 3rd shift. Easy hour drive to the east bay. Or, stay at families/friends house. If you originally from the bay, you should have friends and family that’ll help out but you gotta break bread of course.
Vacaville is a little more 'doable' when commuting into the Bay Area. I always viewed Vacaville as the last city I'd consider if I had to commute. Grew up in Fairfield, so the drive into SF was never an issue for me. But too bad the cost of living in Fairfield/Vacaville is pricey. And the areas that would be considered 'reasonable' are all sketch lolmy wife was communing from elk grove to Fairfield and it was a terrible commute. don't even want to think about going further than Vallejo. we ended up moving to Vacaville to be closer. I changed offices to Suisun city so life is better. for some reason the feds think that is the bay area so I got a nice locality pay bump just to be closer to home lol I have considered working in Richmond and commuting from Vacaville. the more I think about it the less I want to do it even though there are more opportunities out that way. don't want to take the train, really. not worth my time away from home imho
Lol40K - 4 roommates
50k - 3 roommates
65k - 2 roommates
80k - 1 roommate
100k- rent a small studio
San Jose, CA
You can make it out here with that. Just gotta budget right, hustle hard and stay close knit with friends and fam.40k - apartment with a roommate and car in cali
40k - apartment with a roommate and car
50k - comfortable apartment car and no roommates
60k - you can start looking at cribs
socal outside of LA
Wow 125 for a house???
Dog that’s awesome.
How many rooms?
100% and needs to be said more.You can have someone making 50K a year and live a lavish lifestyle than a person who makes 100K+
It’s all about being debt free and money management.
Lots of Cali transplants there, Crazy traffic. Cheap for now but more than other cities in the south.Anybody from Austin, Tx? I read that they’re the next booming city...like how Atlanta was back in 1998.
You might (BIG MIGHT) find something decent in Summerville, Mechanicville, Pittsburgh, Adair Park, etc. But it’s slowly revamping with the gentrification.
I think prices are going to drop within the next 5-7 years...they’re ridiculously high.
Kirkwood was a whole hood, now houses are in the 600K
I'd say go for the studio. Allocate/save the rest of your income elsewhere. But if you're getting more amenities with 1BR and the cost of rent and location benefits you, do that.For some context:
Starting a new job soon that pays >60k. It's at least an hour commute now so I'm trying to move to where I can walk to work to save on car-related expenses. If I got a roommate I could probably get something really dope but I'm trying to have my own space.
I'm seeing a diverse array of spots and the area isn't really the cheapest, although it is very nice.
I could probably get a studio for 1100 but some of the nicer 1 bedrooms with cool amenities are going for 1300-1350.
So I'm just trying to get a feel for how the rest of the country is looking in terms of cost of living. I have student debt too but it's manageable.