A $180k SF salary buys you 'junior', and the thread blames Prop 13, not OpenAI (nytimes.com)
The article pins SF's squeeze on demand from AI money — OpenAI and Anthropic salaries pushing rents up. One person quoted thought $200k meant never worrying; she and friends now skip restaurants for potlucks.
A startup founder in the thread said $180k now mostly buys 'new grads or relatively junior talent', and a househld near $400k calling itself 'not completely hopeless' drew scorn. The sharpest replies pointed past salaries to Prop 13, zoning, and a metro with almost no high-rises.
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