I think they're comparing income to cost of living, no? So even if it's not expensive to live in Bakersfield, you can't make any money there, either.
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Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jun 30, 2005 7:54:44 am PDT #5903 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sean K - Jun 30, 2005 7:56:22 am PDT #5904 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
What Jesse said. Bakersfield is just a big flat nothing in the middle of the desert. If you're a teenager about to enter the job market in Bakersfield, your best bet is probably to move the hell away from there.
sarameg - Jun 30, 2005 7:57:44 am PDT #5905 of 10001
I'm a little surprised that DC isn't there.
Baltimore mitigates the effects a little? I dunno. It's weird.
Tom Scola - Jun 30, 2005 7:58:43 am PDT #5906 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I wonder if they factor in the cost of owning a car into their calculations. None of the NYistas own a car, and it's a substantial savings.
Jesse - Jun 30, 2005 8:00:24 am PDT #5907 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's a good point, Tom -- when a friend of mine was leaving NYC, we figured that her base costs for living weren't going to go down all that much, because she was going to have to get a car.
Wolfram - Jun 30, 2005 8:00:32 am PDT #5908 of 10001
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Baltimore mitigates the effects a little? I dunno. It's weird.
Would it? I mean I thought the list assumed you worked in the city and lived in the city. So living in Balto and working in DC wouldn't count.
tommyrot - Jun 30, 2005 8:00:38 am PDT #5909 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Some cities you are much more likely to need a car than others.
eta x-post....
Sean K - Jun 30, 2005 8:01:32 am PDT #5910 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Also, apparently Regis is a HUGE Def Leppard fan. Who knew?
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2005 8:01:53 am PDT #5911 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
From the article:
The living costs measured in the new Salary Value Index include housing, food, transportation, utilities and state taxes. The index also factors in an area's employment and job-growth rates.
sarameg - Jun 30, 2005 8:06:21 am PDT #5912 of 10001
I didn't read it that closely, so ? And it depends on how they define DC metro area.