A single adult in Calif. must earn $126,797/year to cover basic expenses, discretionary spending, and retirement savings, according to smartasset.com/data-studies....
As someone who has lived plenty comfortably in an expensive California town for years on about ⅓ of that, I say BULLSHIT.
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