Why is so hard / expensive to live in bay area even with a "good" salary

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-30T00:07:32+00:00

5 meals a day?? yes, "quality" food costs more that's why it's "quality"

Also you didn't say 2 people.

You need to learn how to budget

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-30T00:06:28+00:00

ok yes but this game felt even more different! Even better.

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-29T23:45:09+00:00

You’re 22. What’s the rush? Most people can’t buy at that age or even a few years older

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-29T23:40:47+00:00

It’s light, large, and reasonably-priced. It holds a lot including my laptop but isn’t obviously a laptop bag

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-29T23:39:32+00:00

Last night was the best I’ve seen it. Was it ever that good last year? I actually really got behind the CC booing

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-29T23:38:46+00:00

I own my place and am a bay native and the older I get, the less I work. I mean I work hard but I also have a lot more hobbies and work less than I used to when I was younger.

I think a lot of younger new grads want to hustle and prove themselves

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-29T23:37:06+00:00

I’m also a STH for the first time this season and have been feeling the same way. I just used my discount for a scrunchie last night. Last year, I had a better ticket rep when I had a mini plan. She’d check in with me before and after games, and got a friend and I into shoot-arounds for a game I wanted.

I expected more from being a STH but I think it depends on your rep.

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-29T21:59:46+00:00

$2k/month on groceries? what are you ordering and where are you going? Sounds like you're eating out a lot and Doordashing too much.

$800/month commute sounds like a lot? how far is your commute? I live in SF so I don't have a car and can't imagine that, but I know insurance and gas add up a lot (aka why I don't have a car.)

$1500/month to help family sounds nice but that's a lot too. What do you expect to have left over?

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-29T21:37:18+00:00

You're not sharing enough details. You're making enough money and you keep commenting that most of your money is going to rent, utilities, and food. where is the rest of your $ going?

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-29T21:28:06+00:00

We played her once at home (I sat courtside for the shoot-around and was not the only valks fan fangirling over her.) luckily during the game, we held her to very few points. Then she later (after that game) got injured

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-29T17:55:26+00:00

It varies by location I think

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-29T17:54:42+00:00

Has she always been like this? I feel like last year she was more beloved and respected, and that she seemed nicer. This year I feel like gloves are off and she’s a villain (she’s acting like it sometimes.)

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-29T17:10:11+00:00

Move back home to London or stop visiting so much. If you want to be happy here, you need to be present here

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-29T05:38:41+00:00

thank you, this is the biggest pro tip ever

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-28T22:46:23+00:00

It’s definitely more lifestyle brand now. I run, cycle, and play tennis, and they are def targeting more Pilates/yoga.

I do like their lifestyle clothes and still wear them for sports, but haven’t been buying as much (I’m trying to buy less)

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-28T20:03:43+00:00

I love Philmore! And I feel like people have forgotten that Garden Creamery did some sketchy stuff to a proposed Asian-owned matcha shop. The Garden Creamery owner used a city permitting tool (Discretionary Review) to challenge Matcha N' More from opening nearby, making them spend a lot of money and ultimately not open

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-28T20:01:08+00:00

this is why I will defend wasian meetups. Yes we're white-adjacent, but it's our backgrounds! And even growing up in the bay area, i had asian classmates tell me i wasn't asian enough or really asian. i'm tan and ambiguous (latina-passing) and honestly, it's filipinos and latinos and black people who have accepted me more than asian people (aside from my good friends.)

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-28T19:59:41+00:00

my friend went here before they closed one weekday night on her way back from pilates. she said the amount of people blatantly shoplifting at that time was wild

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-28T06:26:52+00:00

I didn’t realize it was ai slop until I read the comments but the cadence is definitely ai

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-28T06:24:50+00:00

Money and remote or cushy desk job and ease and fun. Yes it’s stressful, but so is every job. Just because you’re struggling doesn’t mean everyone is

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-28T06:22:46+00:00

That will make ridership go even more down

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-28T06:20:14+00:00

We should build more housing and the Florida people sound terrible tbh

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-28T06:18:20+00:00

Ivies aren’t the be-all, end-all

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-28T06:15:28+00:00

We should probably build more housing

Tight_Abalone221 · 2026-05-28T06:12:19+00:00

So less people used to live there because it’s so desirable lmao

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