Or possibly my income is closer to the poverty level than I had previously thought.
Strong like an Amazon.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Tom Scola - Jan 27, 2009 10:12:44 am PST #3773 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Connie Neil - Jan 27, 2009 10:13:32 am PST #3774 of 30000
brillig
I'm paying $750/month for a house, but the landlord is a good friend. Bless his bear-ish heart.
Steph L. - Jan 27, 2009 10:15:05 am PST #3775 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Since I don't get paid per page (and don't have any idea -- probably a good thing that I don't -- how many pages I edit per year), I can't extrapolate that into per year.
Plus math is hard! t /Barbie
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2009 10:16:55 am PST #3776 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I pay too much in rent, which hurts a lot right now.
Watching so much tennis I keep getting snippets about the Mitchell report. How do MLB fans feel about these claims/revelations?
Jessica - Jan 27, 2009 10:19:45 am PST #3777 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I assume SF incomes are proportional(ish) with rents?
Ish. People in NY and SF spend a much higher percentage of their income on housing than the rest of the country. (~50% vs ~30%, IIRC.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 27, 2009 10:20:01 am PST #3778 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Or possibly my income is closer to the poverty level than I had previously thought.
I remember some years ago a friend in LA descrbing his paycheck-to-paycheck cramped studio apartment living situation, and then I found out he was making more than $15K a year above the salary that was keeping me in a pretty airy 2BR apartment with lots of disposable income. Varying regional costs of living make a big difference.
Tom Scola - Jan 27, 2009 10:21:30 am PST #3779 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
People in NY and SF spend a much higher percentage of their income on housing than the rest of the country.
But it is somewhat offset by other things, like not owning a car.
Steph L. - Jan 27, 2009 10:22:38 am PST #3780 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Okay, Salary.com tells me that the median income in San Francisco for (more or less) what I do is double (or more) what I make here in humble Ohio.
Rents make more sense now. t /bumpkin
Liese S. - Jan 27, 2009 10:27:00 am PST #3781 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I pay about $1000 for my mortgage, three bedroom 1600 sq ft., on .30 acre.
But on the cross side, the telephone company and the United States postal system won't come out here, and my dirt road is nearly impassable every time we get a shower.
tommyrot - Jan 27, 2009 10:27:36 am PST #3782 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When I was in San Francisco, it seemed as if everyone I knew who owned housing lived in the East Bay and commuted to the city, and most people who rented lived in the city itself. Plus the temps I knew all rented in the city and the permanents all were East Bay folk.
The commute isn't bad at all if you take BART and live near a station.