This is the New York Times which on a near daily basis features articles with titles like "What you can get for 2 million dollars" (a nice closet in a bad neighborhood) as if thats a bargain.
Expecting sanity in either the SF or NYC market is a waste of emotion. If you can't afford it (and you can't) dont live there. Your a programmer not a rock star.
The not-so-subtle subtext of this conversation is that the last line will be "You are a New York Times reporter, not a programmer, so you should not expect to be able to live in New York."
Expecting sanity in either the SF or NYC market is a waste of emotion. If you can't afford it (and you can't) dont live there. Your a programmer not a rock star.