>Tech looks high compared to everyone else, but it is more that everyone else's wages got suppressed.
replyWhere do you draw the line? Maybe everyone should be earning $10M/year like AI researchers, and anything to the contrary means it's "suppressed"?
> Where do you draw the line
replyYou can own a house and support a family of 5 on a single income and retire at 65.
Where I live that is only really possible for SWE, lawyers, doctors, and execs.
You're welcome to move to one of the many, many places in the US where it's still possible.
replyThat's actually a really great suggestion. It would be great if you could throw together a list of these many, many places and post it here, so we could think about what sort of moves we could make. Thanks in advance!
replyLarge portions of the rust belt, midwest, and deep south for starters.
replyThere are many, many lists of the most affordable cities in the US. I see Buffalo, Dayton, and Wichita on them regularly as specific examples.
Fine by me. Let's give it a shot.
replyI'm pretty sure they meant ~100k-200k in a housing market away from the coasts... oh wait that's already true!
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