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To: SeekAndFind

Geez how do.middle.class people afford to.live in the Bay Area??? Such high rents for what I suspect are not such great neighborhoods???? I know not all of Oakland is a slum, but with such high averages, makes you wonder how much it costs to live in a nice area.


2 posted on 07/21/2015 2:14:39 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

It’s been 30 years since I was in California. But even then it was expensive. Anytime I got the chance I’d ask people like waitresses and bartenders how they could afford living there. They were mostly young and the most common answer was they were sharing a tiny location with a lot of other people and splitting the rent. Then I’d ask why the heck they didn’t move someplace where they could afford to live. They’d say something like, “Oh, dude! California is like, awesome! I can’t picture living anyplace else.”


9 posted on 07/21/2015 2:25:34 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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