The same goes for us in NYC! Rents in manhattan for a 250 sq ft studio are easily $1900 or more.
A two bedroom apt in a good neighborhood (with good schools) easily costs $850K or more. My younger brother lives in Scottsdale, AZ. He owns a nice, two level house for what our 1 bdr apt costs! Food, clothes and other necessities aren't much different (unless you dine out a lot of have very expensive tastes) but the cost of housing will kill you. On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Robert Hoekman, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not to take away from the very real issue of what the cost of living > > here is and how it puts a strain on people, but it certainly doesn't > > require earning $150K to $200K a year. > > > Depends on your lifestyle. For example, $100k can do significantly more > for > you in Arizona than $150k can in Silicon Valley or SFO. When I explored > positions in SV, I realized very quickly that I would be paying twice as > much money to live in an apartment half the size of my house—and that was > just the beginning. In the end, it just wasn't worth it. > > The other factor, though, was the thought of becoming a sort of "cog in > the > machine" in SV. Working for a big company like Apple or Google, you can > lose > your whole identity. At Apple, for example, they wholly condemn the idea > of > going out and speaking at conferences unless your name is Steve, and I was > told outright that my speaking schedule would have to come to an untimely > end. I couldn't see sacrificing all the great things I get to do as a > consultant to work at one of the bigs. Again, not worth it. > > And as far as opportunities go, well, let's just say I'm doing just dandy > living outside of SV. Sure, I'd probably get some very sexy commercial > projects working in SV, but sexy commercial projects aren't my focus, so > it's a moot point. > > I'll leave the sexy commercial projects to the youth. :) > > -r- > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- -------------------------------------------------- www.flyingyogi.com -------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
