This is an insult to the thousands of people who make it in the bay area on barista wages.
Just fucking wow.
You can save in the bay area, live with roommates and pay <2k rent. If you can keep yourself from eating at all the trendy restaurants you can spend ~500 on food tops. At a salary of 100k you should be able to save 1500-2k per month comfortably.
You don't even have to do that forever, just long enough to move up a bit in your job and save for a downpayment if buying a home is your goal. Not to mention if your spouse works and makes similar money then you can live a really high quality of life.
If you think you're entitled to owning a big house, 2 cars, with money left over for dining out everyday and to pad your savings for a 5M retirement fund, you're going to have a bad time.
Just fucking wow.
You can save in the bay area, live with roommates and pay <2k rent. If you can keep yourself from eating at all the trendy restaurants you can spend ~500 on food tops. At a salary of 100k you should be able to save 1500-2k per month comfortably.
You don't even have to do that forever, just long enough to move up a bit in your job and save for a downpayment if buying a home is your goal. Not to mention if your spouse works and makes similar money then you can live a really high quality of life.
If you think you're entitled to owning a big house, 2 cars, with money left over for dining out everyday and to pad your savings for a 5M retirement fund, you're going to have a bad time.