When you feel like you’re alone in this, you’re not. Sadly. Here’s a relevant write up on the challengers of living in expensive cities: https://www.landed.com/blog/ny-times-fight-to-keep-teachers-in-tech-hubs
School employees say they cannot afford to live comfortably in regions awash in tech dollars. From San Francisco to Seattle to Denver to Los Angeles, struggling educators are spending four hours per day commuti...
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This really helped. I'm in arizona where things are fairly "inexpensive" but it's still hard given my salary.