The [Current Year] General Political/Salma Hayek discussion thread, part 4!!!

[Route 45]

No different than any other larger city.

Uh...no.

Indianapolis is larger than Seattle (by population), and it's very easy to find affordable living anywhere in Marion county or the surrounding metro area.

 

[KLB]

Uh...no.

Indianapolis is larger than Seattle (by population), and it's very easy to find affordable living anywhere in Marion county or the surrounding metro area.

The equivalent salary in Indi would be around $71,400. I'm sure you would have a terrible time trying to make do on that there.

 

[Route 45]

The equivalent salary in Indi would be around $71,400. I'm sure you would have a terrible time trying to make do on that there.

The statement was made that you have to live an hour and a half outside of the city if you make 110k in Seattle. Then you said that it's no different than any other large city.
This is demonstrably false, as there are several large cities that you can comfortably live in for the equivalent of 110k in Seattle.
Simply put, Seattle is much more expensive than a city of similar size in the U.S.
There is no need to live an hour and a half outside of Indianapolis on $71,400. Or in many other similar cities.

 

[ghuns]

What Is the True Cost of Living in Seattle?

 

[Route 45]

What Is the True Cost of Living in Seattle?

Do they figure in the annual costs for anti-depressants or alcohol, given the depressing weather and the fact that you are surrounded by screeching leftists 24/7?

 

[KLB]

Do they figure in the annual costs for anti-depressants or alcohol, given the depressing weather and the fact that you are surrounded by screeching leftists 24/7?

Those are the people flocking there in droves. They all get to make each other feel superior to the rest of us.

 

[ghuns]

Do they figure in the annual costs for anti-depressants or alcohol, given the depressing weather and the fact that you are surrounded by screeching leftists 24/7?

Nope. Those cost extra.

 

[Alpo]

The equivalent salary in Indi would be around $71,400. I'm sure you would have a terrible time trying to make do on that there.

There are many nice 3 br homes around Indy for less than $200,000. Probably 10,000 of them in Greenwood alone. The average in Kings County Washington is $647,000. And you can bet that is a skewed distribution.

Bezos' salary is $86,000 a year....so I guess he falls into that lower 50% on the median distribution. And all the median tells us is 1/2 the people are below your $110,000 number.

I can't find the article, but Seattle was listed as the 3rd most expensive large city to live in within the USA. The good news: It's a bargain compared with Vancouver!

 

[actaeon277]

Coastal cities tend to be expensive.

 

[Route 45]

Found this on another forum and thought it was an interesting take:

 

[Alpo]

If he pull a peace agreement out of the Korea talks, he'll have my undying gratitude....even if I think he's a poopyhead.

 

[jamil]

That is for all of their employees, everywhere. So your stat is meaningless and misleading.

Let me help you here

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/20...pay-for-amazon-employees-as-of-2017-was-28446



Wow, only $110K for a median income. They are obviously not paying those poor workers at the HQ.

Now, you were saying something about conjecture...

[sick burn meme]

 

[jamil]

Do they figure in the annual costs for anti-depressants or alcohol, given the depressing weather and the fact that you are surrounded by screeching leftists 24/7?

$5 cup of coffee was invented in Seattle.

 

[KLB]

There are many nice 3 br homes around Indy for less than $200,000. Probably 10,000 of them in Greenwood alone. The average in Kings County Washington is $647,000. And you can bet that is a skewed distribution.

Bezos' salary is $86,000 a year....so I guess he falls into that lower 50% on the median distribution. And all the median tells us is 1/2 the people are below your $110,000 number.

I can't find the article, but Seattle was listed as the 3rd most expensive large city to live in within the USA. The good news: It's a bargain compared with Vancouver!

I can pretty much guarantee they are paying people at least as much as the rest of the businesses in Seattle do for similar positions, probably more. They are not the sweat shop you made them out to be.
Why are you poo-pooing median income now? I'm well aware of what a median is. Looks like their average is also $110k, although that has me thinking someone is mixing their stats.

For kicks though I looked up the average salary of people in Seattle. Turns out to be $69K.
https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Location=Seattle-WA/Salary

The median salary there in 2016 was $80K. Looks like it was the largest increase in the country year over year in 2016
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...me-gain-in-seattle-far-outpaces-other-cities/

Looks like Amazon and its employees are going to contributing quite a bit to the city coffers. They have a 2.7% sales tax. And I imagine like Chicago they tax anything and everything to death.

I'm not arguing how expensive Seattle is, but a median income of $110K should be good to do more than survive.

 

[jamil]

Seattle IS expensive for a lot more reasons than just Amazon. Indianapolis IS NOT as expensive for more reasons than that it doesn't have an "Amazon" caliber employer there. But there's an Amazon in Seattle for many of the same reasons rent is high. And there's not an Amazon in Indy for many of the same reasons rent is lower.

One thing. I hope Amazon doesn't choose Austin for HQ2. I'd hate to see Texas turned blue when Seattle chases Amazon away because they're bat **** crazy.

 

[nonobaddog]

I heard the rest of Texas calls Austin crazy too, or was that just one person's opinion?

 

[Birds Away]

If he pull a peace agreement out of the Korea talks, he'll have my undying gratitude....even if I think he's a poopyhead.

If he can pull one out that actually stands up I'll think he's a miracle worker...and a poopyhead.

 

[nonobaddog]

President Trump is doing awesome. He kind of reminds me of Teddy Roosevelt because he is not the run-of-the-mill windbag suit politician that talks sideways a lot and never actually does anything. He has done more for this country in one year than anybody else has for a long, long time. I don't give a flying fig what people think of his style, he is doing the job better than anybody.
And he is accomplishing all of this in spite of the anti-American democraps obstructing every possible thing they can and trying to prevent anything good happening for our country.

 

[Kutnupe14]

President Trump is doing awesome. He kind of reminds me of Teddy Roosevelt because he is not the run-of-the-mill windbag suit politician that talks sideways a lot and never actually does anything. He has done more for this country in one year than anybody else has for a long, long time. I don't give a flying fig what people think of his style, he is doing the job better than anybody.
And he is accomplishing all of this in spite of the anti-American democraps obstructing every possible thing they can and trying to prevent anything good happening for our country.

What are the Democrats obstructing? The GOP holds all 3 branches.

 

[printcraft]

What are the Democrats obstructing? The GOP holds all 3 branches.

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