350K Midwest vs 400K Bay Area?

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Apr 21 60 Comments

I’m mid 30 in Midwest. Is it worth moving?

Update 1: worth buying good weather in the Bay Area. The winter here sucks.
Update 2: Minnesota

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  • Visa
    dshrute

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    dshrute
    350k midwest should probably be 500k bay area on the lower end
    Apr 21 2
  • Applied Material / Other
    πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ ✌️

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    350k midwest and run!
    Apr 21 0
  • Airbnb
    TC || GTF0

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    TC || GTF0
    The california state tax will eat up that difference then your comparing.

    350k midwest where home is 100k
    VS
    350k bay area where home is 2 million
    Apr 21 10
    • REI / Design
      ProdDesnr

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       ProdDesnr
      Even in small towns now the houses are over $100k. It's actually ridiculous. Cities are $500k
      Apr 22
    • Unity
      jkstr

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      jkstr
      @HPE not even that anymore. That will get you an ok house in an ok neighborhood. Started seeing 1 million for good neighborhoods, 2000sq ft house.
      Apr 22
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    ANzb54

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     ANzb54
    Lmfao you'll be a fucking Saudi King in the Midwest with that salary! Wtf is this question lol... That in the Bay area is good but not incredible
    Apr 21 0
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    OQwu17

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    OQwu17
    Every single person that is saying Yes , Midwest , Minnesota has either never been there or grew up there .
    Having been there multiple times , including winter where temp did not go above 5 F , would need 1M minimum to live there
    Apr 21 7
    • Meta / Eng
      up&down

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       up&down
      not everyone is a sandman. Some ppl like cold weather
      Apr 22
    • Grainger
      jimmybadbo

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      jimmybadbo
      RE in MN is not cheap as you think, some people still prefer to live there because of the education system for their kids and low cost of living. You only pay around $500k for >=8points public schools but you don’t have the same good public schools with 1M in bay area. Unless you have a lot of money to pay for private schools or 2-3M house in good neighborhoods. You are also not sure you would have the same income to maintain your house and expenses. You don’t want to live there couple years and move to different area if something happens to your income/job.
      Apr 22