What’s it like living in the Bay without a high paying job?
What’s it like not being able to talk about investments because you don’t make enough money to invest. You barely make enough to make ends meet.
What’s it like worrying about your landlord raising the rent outside of what you’re capable of paying rather than if you should live in a $10,000/m apartment in SF or $6,000/m apartment in Palo Alto?
Whats it like worrying about being laid off because you don’t have a cushy portfolio to support you?
What’s it like changing your grocery store because the one you used to go to got too expensive?
What’s it like knowing you can’t leave because the pay here is still crap but better than everywhere else? Because you have a hard time imagining leaving your life here.
What’s it like making less than six figures in one of the most expensive areas in the country?
I know that people with six figure salaries still have their own worries and whatnots; they still worry about layoffs and the cost of living, etc. But the way they approach it is very different than so many other people. And I’m not just talking about recent grads/ people in their 20s. This affects people of all ages and walks of life.
It blew my mind to hear my friend (mid 20s, software engineer) have an investment portfolio. Meanwhile, at that time, in a month I made less than what she paid in rent. :)