You've made a bunch of posts about Firefighters in S.F. Everything I'm seeing is that S.F. Firefighters are some of the highest paid in the world, and have amazing pensions on top of their salaries. I'm curious what your reasoning here is? Just that they live elsewhere doesn't mean they aren't paid enough, it could just mean they prefer to live in another area...

Several firefighters making over $300,000/year - http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/25/san-francisco-fire-lieu...

F.D. is the highest paid city dept - http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-Fire-Dept-dominate...

S.F. F.D. has highest pay in the area - http://sfappeal.com/2010/08/highest-paid-cops-and-firefighte...

S.F. F.D. salaries are #3 in the country - http://careers.top5.com/top-5-highest-paid-fire-departments-...

> Several firefighters making over $300,000/year

These were due to excessive overtime. The Lieutenant who made $300k ($50k more than the Chief) tripled his base salary.

> Just that they live elsewhere doesn't mean they aren't paid enough, it could just mean they prefer to live in another area

It means that in a major disaster like an Earthquake, SF might find many of its emergency responders (not just firefighters) stranded on the far side of the bay.

> These were due to excessive overtime. The Lieutenant who made $300k ($50k more than the Chief) tripled his base salary.

How many hacker news readers do you suppose that work "overtime" get paid for it?

This isn't free housing. This is trying to get employees. Not charity.

Theres no firemen living at their firehouse in sf?

The majority of firemen cannot afford to live in SF. Half of city personnel live in the burbs, on the other side of a bridge.

Can't afford? Or choose the live outside of SF? Hell, I know plenty of people who could afford to live in SF and choose not to. SF is not exactly family friendly.