Fish: is $5k per month enough for surviving in San Francisco?

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You will survive but you won’t be alive!

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Homeless people in SF make more than that

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Yes. There are people who earn minimum wage in SF and still survive. $5k is plenty.

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If this is after tax, most definitely. Lived in SF fairly comfortably with less. Ignore these people saying the floor is $2500 for rent, I paid <$1500 (2 bedroom, 1 roommate and didn't live way the fuck out in Outer Sunset)

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Pretax = ☠️... After tax = 🤔

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Before or after tax? If you have roommates you could be ok if after tax

After tax? Absolutely

Maybe in the worst part of the mission district or with a couple roommates.

Do the math. If after tax, figure rent of ~2500 for a decent place. That gives you 2500 for everything else (savings, utilities, bills, spending, etc).

Manager 1 - those people making minimum wage in SF don’t live in SF.

Associates make 4k after tax and survive. You'll be fine. 5k before tax is hard tho.

Not enjoyably.

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