Umm, I was making mid six figures back in the 1980s selling pay telephones and as a district manager. I’ve seen the other side. I imagine that he was making real money as one of the top Supreme Court lawyers in private practice.
Yes, but California pays double because it costs double, or else it certainly has in the past. Perhaps that’s changed.
Houses were double or even triple per square ft., in 1986 according to my source in one California neighborhood.