> i was shocked at how many of my colleagues were complaining about how hard it was to get by on six-figures it's not just sf, i lived in nyc in 2018 on a 50k salary and still managed to save a decent portion and max the match on 401k, granted i had no car and two roommates in brooklyn. i knew people who made 125-150k and would spend all of it on bullshit like nice condos/apartments in manhattan for 3-4k/mo, having a car, ate out every day, took several vacations a year, regular weekend getaways to new england, ac, or the shore, all while maintaining student debt, car debt, and credit card debt and they would complain about greedy management getting more money than them. i'm glad i left to the western parts of north jersey and make more money and have a lower cost of living with nice perks of an actual house and yard. some people perpetually live beyond their means, if they lost their job they would be supremely screwed.
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