90k a year is hard times in San Diego California

[Xaanka]

Originally Posted by Cypher. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Bay Area?

My wife and I are leaving the Bay Area because we don't have a snowball's chance in hell of ever owning before we retire. Housing prices are just insane here due to the techies and their inflated salaries - I'm an engineer in a non-software related field and my salary doesn't even compare to those kids making phone apps. If we did leave our rent controlled apartment here, our rent would go up by at least 50%. When we get the hell outta dodge, we've been thinking Seattle first followed by Portland.

Post is about the greater Seattle area and the eastside suburbs.

[JackFlash]

one star thread living up to it's one star.....

[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by JackFlash [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

one star thread living up to it's one star.....

I think people are getting a tad weary of your drive-by one line posting.

Work on it.

[Tenlaar]

Every place in the entirety of the USA has hot girls and summer.

[Swish]

I'm not even American but I know Portland isn't cheap..they have a better class of hobo though

[sOurDieSel]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm not even American but I know Portland isn't cheap..they have a better class of hobo though

lol

Portland and Seattle are just about the two most expensive places to live in the PNW. Their are however jobs there. Hopefully you get a job on the outskirts of the city and not directly in the middle of that shit hole. You can find a nice place on the outskirts within a hours drive for a nice price. All cities have their problems.

[Chaboo_Cleric]

Originally Posted by sOurDieSel [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

lol

Portland and Seattle are just about the two most expensive places to live in the PNW. Their are however jobs there. Hopefully you get a job on the outskirts of the city and not directly in the middle of that shit hole. You can find a nice place on the outskirts within a hours drive for a nice price. All cities have their problems.

Not even close. Try Lajolla and Delmar

[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by Cypher. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Bay Area?

My wife and I are leaving the Bay Area because we don't have a snowball's chance in hell of ever owning before we retire. Housing prices are just insane here due to the techies and their inflated salaries - I'm an engineer in a non-software related field and my salary doesn't even compare to those kids making phone apps. If we did leave our rent controlled apartment here, our rent would go up by at least 50%. When we get the hell outta dodge, we've been thinking Seattle first followed by Portland.

What is your rent right now in the Bay Area?

I am not in the Bay Area. Even at 2.1k rent there is no rent ceiling here, they reserve the right to increase rent by up to 15% a year (and sometimes exercise this right, its usually a 5-6% increase a year if they like you and you have been loyal. Other units get stuck with 15% hard increase non-negotiable) And I mean NON-NEGOTIABLE. Their counter offer will be a paltry -2% off the 15% and claim that other units smaller than yours are renting for double (or some ridiculous claim, in order to justify kicking your ass into the street)

So within 3 years of living (your average mid-level job lasts about 3 years in a given location), you can get hit with a nearly 70% increase on rent regardless of the jobs market, with no other change in conditions just because the landlord (usually a Chinese corporation) said they can squeeze as hard as possible.

Because those Sillicon salaries aren't just in Sillicon valley anymore and they are taking full advantage of it. We need a statewide rent ceiling law, should be able to increase no more than 10% a year and only under certain circumstances. It should really be hard capped at 5% but that'll never happen.

Oh the solution of course is more fucking Section 8 help and corporate subsidy on rent. I forgot.

[Sage Truthbearer]

There are scum landlords everywhere. Here in AZ I had to sue my former landlord to get back my security deposit that was illegally withheld from me. I won triple the original deposit back in small claims court, but it was still a huge pain in the ass to go through the process of legally requesting your deposit back and eventually serving them and going to court.

I thank Prexus that I'm now a home owner.

[Xaanka]

Originally Posted by Sage Truthbearer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There are scum landlords everywhere. Here in AZ I had to sue my former landlord to get back my security deposit that was illegally withheld from me. I won triple the original deposit back in small claims court, but it was still a huge pain in the ass to go through the process of legally requesting your deposit back and eventually serving them and going to court.

I thank Prexus that I'm now a home owner.

Problem with Seattle area is there's no good landlords anymore. Property values so inflated you'd have to be retarded to buy anything here, if you didn't 10 years ago you missed the boat.