DailyDirt: Living The Dream…
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
Living in northern California has plenty of benefits — nice weather, plenty of cool stuff to do, tons of companies to work for, etc, etc. One of the downsides is housing. Crazy expensive rental properties are pretty much normal, but a few people have come up with some alternative solutions. If you don’t mind living in small spaces or commuting long distances, you can save up quite a bit.
- There’s a Google employee named Brandon living in a 16ft truck in the parking lot of his employer, saving on rent and other expenses by not having a car or an apartment. He’s blogging regularly about his experience, and it looks like he’s financially net-positive on his truck-home investment. [url]
- Instead of living in the San Francisco Bay Area, how about commuting from Las Vegas? It would be a bit cheaper, but a 90-minute commute by plane — and somewhat inconvenient flight schedules — might be a bit of a hassle. On the plus side, no state income tax in Nevada! [url]
- Have you ever thought of living in a shipping container? Not at sea, in a warehouse in Oakland, of course, for $600/month for 160 square feet of near privacy — not too far from homeless shelters. Containertopia isn’t exactly an ideal solution (especially if glorified glamping isn’t for you), but it might be a temporary fix until… you save up enough to move somewhere more comfortable. [url]
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Filed Under: commuting, containertopia, housing, rental properties, shelter, shipping containers
Comments on “DailyDirt: Living The Dream…”
I wonder who...
will be the first “Containertopian” to make a wrong turn and end up in a container at the port of Oakland.
State income tax doesn't work that way
Sure, there’s no state income tax in Nevada, but that means you pay your California income tax to California.
Re: State income tax doesn't work that way
” …but that means you pay your California income tax to California”
Ha ha ha! You’re so cute!
Re: State income tax doesn't work that way
Evidently not in California.
Years ago I helped a friend who had moved from California with their tax forms. California’s forms did NOT exorcise the income earned outside of California, so my friend had to pay California income tax on all their income, not just what was earned in California.
Commuting to SF from LV
Funny, I actually do know someone living in Las Vegas that commutes to San Francisco regularly…
Re: Commuting to SF from LV
Give the Hyperloop team a few years to set things up, and you’ll most likely know a lot more people who do that. The commute time will be on par with the plane ride, but at a fraction of the cost.