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[โ€“] Coreidan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

NYC and LA are probably the two areas in the US where 130k is borderline possible to live alone in a OK apartment considering the cost of living there. Below that and your quality of living takes a dive as you either need roommates or you live in a shoebox. For anywhere else 130k is fantastic.

[โ€“] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

The average rent in LA for a THREE bedroom apartment is $51,000 a year total. That leaves, after taxes, about $40,000 of money for everything else. Even in L.A that's still very easy to live on.

A 1 bedroom apartment in LA is about $26,000 a year, fyi.

A $131,000/year salary is not borderline anything in L.A.