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The title is misleading. The “six figure salary” actually refers to FAMILIES OF FOUR where their household income is ~100k.

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So what? It's still outrageous.

It is, but it's funny how quickly you get desensitized to it. A house in the most affordable cities in the US is the 150k range, in the Bay it's in the 1.5M range. Maybe 1.2M? 10x the difference for the same thing. Pretty mind-boggling.

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