Virgin America Hiring

[manniax]

350k in the DFW area will get you roughly the same accommodations as you'd get in the Bay Area for about $3 million.

Yup. Just for fun I checked out rents in the Burlingame area...a nice 1 BD was renting for about 50% more than my mortgage plus assessment each month. I still think it would be fun to live out there. Just very pricey. At least they have a decent starting salary in recognition of this.

 

[Hecklers2002]

LOL I love reading this thread every time this topic comes up about cost of living for Carriers such as Virgin, JetBlue, Hawaiian, United etc.

If Ramen noodles & Kool-Aid are a regular means of living single then you can make it anywhere. Don't care what anyone else says.

 

[manniax]

I would rank cost of living among large airline towns as DFW ATL ORD MIA SEA JFK SFO HNL from lowest to highest. And trust me nobody in the IAH area was delighted about moving to ORD when that merger happened.

 

[BayouMLU]

Who is buying a $350,000 house in Dallas? We've priced homes in the area and found 4BR/3BA in good school zones for well less than $200,000.

 

[nyk]

Why does everyone here have to poop (yeah I used that word) on others parade about living in a high cost city. If it doesn't concern your career then shut up about it. My god! Some people know how to live in those cities otherwise they wouldn't have a population. I've lived in NYC @ a salary of $1200 gross income a month and was in college as well. Living off campus and didn't eat ramon.

 

[womanpilot73]

I've lived in NYC @ a salary of $1200 gross income a month and was in college as well. Living off campus and didn't eat ramon.

Glad you didn't eat Ramón...how's he doing these days? ;-)

 

[Hecklers2002]

Why does everyone here have to poop (yeah I used that word) on others parade about living in a high cost city. If it doesn't concern your career then shut up about it. My god! Some people know how to live in those cities otherwise they wouldn't have a population. I've lived in NYC @ a salary of $1200 gross income a month and was in college as well. Living off campus and didn't eat ramon.

I don't think it's a rain on your parade, I'd like to call it a reality check. Crunch the numbers first before you dive head in first. Everyone's circumstances are different and the caution may not apply to everyone. I mean if you're still attached to the nipple and don't know what a credit score is then all this talk about cost of living may seem oblivious lol. If you have some sort of significant high debt payment (credit card, expenses of raising a family or owing the Sheffield mob family) then maybe just maybe these places aren't for you. Like I said, different walks of life, different perception.

 

[nyk]

Glad you didn't eat Ramón...how's he doing these days? ;-)

I hate Ramon btw. Haha! He/Me is doing great. Thanks for asking.