That's my biggest problem living in the midwest. I never want to move to SF or NY or places with massively high cost of living (because of the cost of living), but the pay seems to scale directly in line with cost of living anyway. If I have 20% discretionary income no matter where I am living, why would I not move to someplace more exciting?
Although I don't know if I would be able to stomach a cut from $250k/yr in SF to $70k/yr in Iowa, even if cost of living decreased to match.
Although I don't know if I would be able to stomach a cut from $250k/yr in SF to $70k/yr in Iowa, even if cost of living decreased to match.