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I grew up with a dad working for 70-120k and a mom at home. I can’t even imagine how nice the lifestyles of Bay Area kids are.

bradlys 6y ago
Judging by the Palo Alto train tracks - it might not be as bright as you might be imagining.
marcinzm 6y ago
As I see it, beyond a certain level money and things don't make you much happier. They just give you a different set of things to feel the same level of happiness about. edit: This is as someone who has experienced household lifestyles going from <$40k/year to >$250k/year.
- juniper_strong 6y ago
  I don't agree with you. I've gone from 0K to 200K in my life and more money is always better, it's more freedom and it's more happiness and there has never been any downside. Making more money has always made me happier and it's given me the ability to take care of the people I care about. I want more and if a job comes up tomorrow that will pay me more, I'm there.
  - tchalla 6y ago
    > I want more and if a job comes up tomorrow that will pay me more, I'm there. Tere's diminishing returns on wealth accumulation. You need to give up something to make that extra more. Different people have different thresholds for "giving up" certain aspects of their life.
aaronblohowiak 6y ago
the parenting attitude isnt "we got it made, lets enjoy the good life", it is "i expect you to do even better". also, most kids are not the product of 750k hh income families. the median hh income is about a hundred k.
- lowiqengineer 6y ago
  I’m really referring to the children of Googler parents.
gcheong 6y ago
Housing prices and the cost of any good school beyond a select few good public ones pretty much brings the lifestyle down to the same level. My friends with kids and solid incomes live comfortably but not extravagantly considering one lay-off can take your income from comfortable to 0 at a moment’s notice.
ip26 6y ago
The kids you are thinking of certainly enjoy nice cars, good food, and so on. However, the housing stock is mostly old & run down even at two million dollar prices. Not to mention, a kid with two full time Googler parents? They are attending an academically rigorous private school with 3-4 hours of cram classes after, not sipping virgin daiquiris by the pool.
Der_Einzige 6y ago
350K is about enough to start considering buying a house in the bay area. Less than that and you have to make big compromises. The life you can't imagine are all the lucky Engineers to be paid bay area salaries at reasonable cost of living locations like Seattle. You may laugh at me calling Seattle "reasonable" but compared to the bay it is.
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bradlys 6y ago

Judging by the Palo Alto train tracks - it might not be as bright as you might be imagining.

marcinzm 6y ago

As I see it, beyond a certain level money and things don't make you much happier. They just give you a different set of things to feel the same level of happiness about. edit: This is as someone who has experienced household lifestyles going from <$40k/year to >$250k/year.

juniper_strong 6y ago
I don't agree with you. I've gone from 0K to 200K in my life and more money is always better, it's more freedom and it's more happiness and there has never been any downside. Making more money has always made me happier and it's given me the ability to take care of the people I care about. I want more and if a job comes up tomorrow that will pay me more, I'm there.
- tchalla 6y ago
  > I want more and if a job comes up tomorrow that will pay me more, I'm there. Tere's diminishing returns on wealth accumulation. You need to give up something to make that extra more. Different people have different thresholds for "giving up" certain aspects of their life.

aaronblohowiak 6y ago

the parenting attitude isnt "we got it made, lets enjoy the good life", it is "i expect you to do even better". also, most kids are not the product of 750k hh income families. the median hh income is about a hundred k.

lowiqengineer 6y ago
I’m really referring to the children of Googler parents.

gcheong 6y ago

Housing prices and the cost of any good school beyond a select few good public ones pretty much brings the lifestyle down to the same level. My friends with kids and solid incomes live comfortably but not extravagantly considering one lay-off can take your income from comfortable to 0 at a moment’s notice.

ip26 6y ago

The kids you are thinking of certainly enjoy nice cars, good food, and so on. However, the housing stock is mostly old & run down even at two million dollar prices. Not to mention, a kid with two full time Googler parents? They are attending an academically rigorous private school with 3-4 hours of cram classes after, not sipping virgin daiquiris by the pool.

Der_Einzige 6y ago

350K is about enough to start considering buying a house in the bay area. Less than that and you have to make big compromises. The life you can't imagine are all the lucky Engineers to be paid bay area salaries at reasonable cost of living locations like Seattle. You may laugh at me calling Seattle "reasonable" but compared to the bay it is.

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