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But you can make $135K-$150K easily in most major cities in the US a software engineer with 5-8 years of experience as just a SaaS CRUD developer.

You can also get a nice large (3000+ square foot) house brand new build in the burbs in a great school system right in Atlanta for around $300-$375K with an FHA loan and 3.5% down.

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But then you have to live in Atlanta...

Note: I’m currently visiting my parents in Atlanta from Seattle and, by god, is it miserably hot here.

Who goes outside? With the big house in the burbs, you can have a home gym.....

But there are other cities with nearly the same salary vs cost of living ratio...Nashville, Orlando, Houston, Dallas, Raleigh, etc.

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