Comment by raddevon

I recently moved to Seattle, but I got my six-figure job in Knoxville, Tennessee. (See https://www.bestplaces.net/cost_of_living/city/tennessee/kno...)

Not saying my experience is typical, but just wanted to put that out there. I didn't have to move to an expensive coastal city to get the salary. In fact, the opposite was true. The salary allowed me to move to the expensive coastal city which is where I wanted to live.