Wouldn’t it be smart to buy a house and live in the very green county, and work in the very red county?
maybe rent a room/own a camper on the very red county as a backup place to sleep in.
APHIS_Inspection on
Thought this was the Bay Area sub!
Drunken_Economist on
This is a bit misleading, since its based on HCD calculations which iirc defines “low income” as 80% of the median income for the area. This is the threshold at which you are automatically disqualified from HCD programs, it’s not supposed to be used as a measure of cost of living or anything like that
![[OC] Low Income Thresholds in California, by Household Size](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1774689510_3v52jtk9mqrg1-907x1024.png "[OC] Low Income Thresholds in California, by Household Size")
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For some reason people on Reddit get butthurt when you mention $100k is low income in some parts of the country and will flat out not believe it.
https://preview.redd.it/11rvjyeqqqrg1.png?width=78&format=png&auto=webp&s=9f72e0df4b6e0230940e74d99444fe271b30f885
Wouldn’t it be smart to buy a house and live in the very green county, and work in the very red county?
maybe rent a room/own a camper on the very red county as a backup place to sleep in.
Thought this was the Bay Area sub!
This is a bit misleading, since its based on HCD calculations which iirc defines “low income” as 80% of the median income for the area. This is the threshold at which you are automatically disqualified from HCD programs, it’s not supposed to be used as a measure of cost of living or anything like that