I’m not sure who said you need to make $53k a year for California, that might be if you live in the valley or Sacramento but LA and Bay Area, not even close. I made that back in 2015 and I was struggling to not get further in debt (student loans being my biggest debt). So I don’t think that number is accurate for the major metro areas. - anyway I just commented on another of your videos a few minutes ago. I am a California native. My husband is originally from Montreal but we met in San Francisco. Our commute was around 3hrs a day. We were exhausted and didn’t do anything after work and it started to affect our weekends. When we started talking about having kids I realized I wouldn’t make any money if I went back to work and I’d actually lose money. The cost of daycare and commuting would have left me with almost nothing after taxes and paying those things. Not to mention that daycares close at 6pm but I didn’t get off work until 6:30 or later. So I would have had to pay someone to get my baby from daycare. I wouldn’t get home until around 8-8:30 most days and my hubby worked with me. Anyway we talked about it and he asked to be transferred. There were 2 places in the US and Alpharetta was the one he chose. I’m glad he did because North Carolina is the other and it snows there more than here and I don’t do snow lol😂. Anyway the cost of living is much better for us. We couldn’t afford a house in California and here we have a beautiful house. I don’t mind the weather differences here. Usually the non sunny days it’s raining or it’s warm but not sunny so it’s different but it’s not bad. Although I’m white I was worried about racism, coming from such a diverse area and having a rainbow of friends I didn’t want to be surrounded by people who say bad things about people. I don’t want to raise kids in that either. Jobs here though, my hubby had one but I haven’t found one that pays decent. I get offers that pay 1/3 what I made in California, I knew I’d have to make a bit less but 1/3 less is not a number I’m willing to accept. Overall though we are happy living here.
GA is the 5th most ethnically diverse state tied with FL, and it’s a melting pot. People are from all over domestically and internationally including Africa, South America, Asia etc especially in the north central region. Since it’s on the east coast, not only are their transplants from the west, but from the Midwest and the whole eastern seaboard.
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I’m not sure who said you need to make $53k a year for California, that might be if you live in the valley or Sacramento but LA and Bay Area, not even close. I made that back in 2015 and I was struggling to not get further in debt (student loans being my biggest debt). So I don’t think that number is accurate for the major metro areas. - anyway I just commented on another of your videos a few minutes ago. I am a California native. My husband is originally from Montreal but we met in San Francisco. Our commute was around 3hrs a day. We were exhausted and didn’t do anything after work and it started to affect our weekends. When we started talking about having kids I realized I wouldn’t make any money if I went back to work and I’d actually lose money. The cost of daycare and commuting would have left me with almost nothing after taxes and paying those things. Not to mention that daycares close at 6pm but I didn’t get off work until 6:30 or later. So I would have had to pay someone to get my baby from daycare. I wouldn’t get home until around 8-8:30 most days and my hubby worked with me. Anyway we talked about it and he asked to be transferred. There were 2 places in the US and Alpharetta was the one he chose. I’m glad he did because North Carolina is the other and it snows there more than here and I don’t do snow lol😂. Anyway the cost of living is much better for us. We couldn’t afford a house in California and here we have a beautiful house. I don’t mind the weather differences here. Usually the non sunny days it’s raining or it’s warm but not sunny so it’s different but it’s not bad. Although I’m white I was worried about racism, coming from such a diverse area and having a rainbow of friends I didn’t want to be surrounded by people who say bad things about people. I don’t want to raise kids in that either. Jobs here though, my hubby had one but I haven’t found one that pays decent. I get offers that pay 1/3 what I made in California, I knew I’d have to make a bit less but 1/3 less is not a number I’m willing to accept. Overall though we are happy living here.
GA is the 5th most ethnically diverse state tied with FL, and it’s a melting pot. People are from all over domestically and internationally including Africa, South America, Asia etc especially in the north central region. Since it’s on the east coast, not only are their transplants from the west, but from the Midwest and the whole eastern seaboard.