Well... "more or less" has a pretty large variance. My mother rents a 2 bedroom duplex in Idaho for like $500/month. In the Bay Area I could probably rent a ten

Well... "more or less" has a pretty large variance. My mother rents a 2 bedroom duplex in Idaho for like $500/month. In the Bay Area I could probably rent a tent in my backyard for $500/month. A person making $150k/yr where she lives in Idaho is going to be far better off than a person making $250k/yr in the Bay Area.