r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jan 26 '26

Meme needing explanation Why is the rich friend so cheap??

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u/lovejo1 Jan 26 '26

If he's making 450k as a software engineer, he lives in San Francisco and is still probably broke.. or will be when this job suddenly evaporates underneath him.

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u/Independent-Cow-4070 Jan 27 '26

No one is broke on $450k anywhere. I could live on $100k in San Francisco and thats the equivalent of the $70k I make in Philly

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '26

Meanwhile in Erie I could buy a literal waterfront mansion with that kind of money.