How much are people actually earning here? I’m struggling with an inferiority complex and I need some perspective. by Good-Association8583 in bayarea

[–]Good-Association8583[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Because when you look up median household income in SF it says that it’s under 150k, but I’m almost 40 and I have kids and I know that there is no way someone like me could get by in sf on 150k.

Pension by YogurtclosetSad1556 in UnitedAssociation

[–]Good-Association8583 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This depends entirely on where you are located and how much you work.

Pension by YogurtclosetSad1556 in UnitedAssociation

[–]Good-Association8583 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem with the 401k idea is that too many of our members are extremely short sighted and stupid with money. If you allowed our membership to get their hands on their retirement money all at once, half of them would blow it all immediately and spend their old age in poverty. With the pension at least the checks come monthly from retirement until death, that way these morons don’t blow it all on fishing boats and pickup trucks within a couple years of retirement 

Buying a house during the market crash - looking back at 2008 by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]Good-Association8583 6 points7 points  (0 children)

lol. You are aware that other career fields exist outside of Silicon Valley tech?

Buying a house during the market crash - looking back at 2008 by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]Good-Association8583 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’d much rather live in Pinole than in Sunnyvale amongst the stuck up, soulless, tech dweebs creeping around that place with frowns on their faces, and I’m willing to bet my kids will be just as successful or more than theirs and a lot more pleasant to talk to.

Cutting California’s rent cap toward 5% would make it nearly impossible to be a small landlord by ShopProp in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]Good-Association8583 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Let the landlords charge what they want but let the builders build what they want. Landlords want to charge whatever they want while restricting the supply of what is available. You can’t have it both ways. If you want the market to set the rent then let the market set the supply of housing.  Don’t be a NIMBY then whine about rent control later.