There's lots of people out there who are at higher than national average in places that have a cost of living 3x+ the national average, who have exceptional expenses like caring for a special needs child or a sick relative, and/or have childcare costs that folks in lower COLA places often have covered by parents or by a stay-at-home parent.
Collectively we can stop acting like every SSE in America is sipping champagne and eating caviar every day, because they really aren't.
Collectively we can stop acting like every SSE in America is sipping champagne and eating caviar every day, because they really aren't.