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Subject:Re: The Truth About Silicon Valley (Truth!?) From:Barry Kieffer <barry -dot- kieffer -at- EXGATE -dot- TEK -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:41:00 -0700
> A friend of mine and her husband also live in the Bay Area (Alameda).
>
He works two full time technical writing jobs (he only sleeps on the
weekends),
and makes 100K/yr salary.
She also makes 100K/yr salary, and they have two children.
They had to pull their children out of school and put them to work in the
fields to augment their income.
> They still can't afford a *decent* home, so they live in a 1982 Chevy Nova
> station wagon with no tires.
>
The Bay area is too expensive for any human to live.
I would choose some place really cheap to live, like Seattle.
