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What is the average 1BR apartment going for now in SF? (I'm not sure that Craiglist or quoted outliers are entirely representative, and am interested in the experiences of people more familiar with the market.)

> This is how people outside the area imagine living in San Francisco.

She doesn't seem to think much of her readers.

> San Francisco's chief housing inspector deemed living in boxes illegal.

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Around $3000/month for a 1-bedroom.

So someone making 100k spends half their disposable income for a 1-bedroom?

If you make 100k and are relatively young, you have roommates or move to Oakland.

Pretty sure we started the intern we hired at 120k base salary plus like 20k in stock a year. So you know, don't accept an offer that only pays $100k.

But more seriously, my $3k apt is fairly high end. I toured a number of apartments in the $2k range, which is still kind of absurd, but then again McDonalds is offering like $17/hr an hour as a starting wage and still struggles to hire. At 2000 hours a year, that's a $34k annual wage, and you'd still probably need a 2nd job to make ends meet. Or get paid under the table and save yourself a good 5 thousand bucks on income / payroll taxes.

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