90k a year is hard times in San Diego California

[AzzarTheGod]

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

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

Being younger and not married/settled down makes the decision to buy a house (which is possible on a decent salary) impossible.

I had plenty of house money in my later mid 20's, I was advised to buy a property, didn't do it because I didn't want to be chained down to a certain area as a young guy. Also owning a house by yourself is very weird to me. I couldn't fathom it. I still can't process how I'd make that work even at 30.

And by the time you eventually warm up to the idea, the money is all gone. Spent on the single life.

Getting married early imparts a lot of health benefits I later realized, one of them being its easier to make fiscally sound decisions. I'd have 2 houses by now.

[Sage Truthbearer]

I visited the Pacific Northwest for the first time last year (PDX, Seatle, Vancouver) and it was great, but it's hard to imagine a younger and middle class person like me being able to live there. I was just reading about how the average detached home in Vancouver has sky-rocketed to $2.23-million over the last couple years. My city may be desert shithole but at least it has a good economy and affordable housing.

[Xaanka]

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

I visited the Pacific Northwest for the first time last year (PDX, Seatle, Vancouver) and it was great, but it's hard to imagine a younger and middle class person like me being able to live there. I was just reading about how the average detached home in Vancouver has sky-rocketed to $2.23-million over the last couple years. My city may be desert shithole but at least it has a good economy and affordable housing.

i have a few friends around my age on section 8 working construction or landscaping type stuff for cash under the table. unless you're a young it professional there aren't many other opportunities in the nw that pay enough to make up for the living expenses that continue bubbling with no end in sight. my friend's $0/mo section 8 house is legitimately nicer than my $2600/mo townhome. it's pretty obvious how fucked things are to me since i'm an avid hiker and i've seen the more accessible trailheads slowly grow from maybe 1 or 2 thru hikers camping to these 200-600 people tent cities full of normal middle class seattle natives who aren't drug addicts. white bread semi rural suburban city next to me has a median income of $97k and there's a tent city with about 500 people living in it + a few other small ones. thats not even the city lol.

lots of people just buying a discover pass, state forest pass and living out of campers/trailers too. costs them basically nothing as long as they move every couple days. i know some people at microsoft making $150-250k a year living this way, renting and property values are such a joke here.

[Chaboo_Cleric]

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.

OMG... AZ sucks fuck that shit.

[AzzarTheGod]

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

OMG... AZ sucks fuck that shit.

There are like 2-3 really nice areas.

I can't remember them. One was like something Springs.

Also its got ASU bro...ASU has some of the top shelf girls in this country if you are in your 20's. Its won awards for it.

[Chaboo_Cleric]

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

There are like 2-3 really nice areas.

I can't remember them. One was like something Springs.

Also its got ASU bro...ASU has some of the top shelf girls in this country if you are in your 20's. Its won awards for it.

Prob Phoenix or Flagstaff

BUM fuck YUMA is disgusting... LOL. I have to travel to AZ every summer to drop my child off to her mom for her time during the summer. She's moved from a few places. Now shes in disgusting YUMA - AKA " The Devils Asshole".

[Cypher.]

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

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.

$1500/mo which is a STEAL, all things considered. However, along with my fairly low rent also comes:

1. Living in a shitty, worn-down 500sqft with no dishwaster or washer/dryer.
2. My wife getting harassed by the unemployed thugs whenever she goes out during the day.
3. The next step up for a reasonable place being ~$2200/mo.

This apartment was originally supposed to be a stop-gap until we found something better but I just can't swallow paying an additional $700/mo for a marginal benefit in new housing. By comparison, I was able to find a few apartments at a comparable price up in Seattle that are ~700 sqft, lots more kitchen space, dishwasher, and washer/dryer in the unit. The added benefit too is that my (Canadian) wife will be closer to home.

I haven't had a rent increase thankfully (my landlord is a bit of a newbie...) but I constantly hear about it from other folks though that's mostly in SF and not so much down here in the south bay. My understanding around here is that alot of the properties are being bought by foreign investors with a sizable portion of that group being wealthy Chinese laundering money out of China.

I think some statewide rent control would be a net positive plus I would also be down for enacting some legislation to at least give preferential treatment to citizens/permanent residents in purchasing and renting property as I feel these are the folks who are going to stick around and build communities. Nothing too outlandish so as not to completely discourage foreign nationals from coming here but enough so that those who are sticking around can at least get some decent housing.

[Chaboo_Cleric]

Another viable stray I'm considering at 90k a year is : Buying a mobile/trailer home around 75k and parking it at the beach trailer communities. Lot cost is like 600 a month. Seriously seems like a good option. The mobile home I'm looking at is 1800 square feet , so its pretty good size.I'd still live in Southern California just fine this way and have reduced expenses. Therefore I could invest more

[dafier]

Don't agree with the car response from you but...you just like anyone else is entitled to their own beliefs.

On a side note, if you are going to live in CA at all, I would say live in San Jose or San Fran. So Cal can be a vacation trip, BUT THAT'S ALL!

[Chaboo_Cleric]

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

Don't agree with the car response from you but...you just like anyone else is entitled to their own beliefs.

On a side note, if you are going to live in CA at all, I would say live in San Jose or San Fran. So Cal can be a vacation trip, BUT THAT'S ALL!

I drive 20 minutes to work everyday. Across 2 freeways. Traffic isn't that bad , unless you on the five on a weekend or after 5 P.M, even then it's manageable. Course gas is expensive here, but every thing is. Socal weather is godly. 70 degrees in winter and people be freezing , hahah. So many things to do as well. I was in Laguna over the weekend, shit was beautiful