I once heard the advice "You're better off making X in a second or third tier city than moving to a first tier city to make 1.1X because housing costs twice as

I once heard the advice "You're better off making X in a second or third tier city than moving to a first tier city to make 1.1X because housing costs twice as much." The statement is basically still true today, but I guess the coefficients are a lot higher. Salary Multiplier: 1.1 is now 2.0 Housing Cost Multiplier: 2.0 is now 3.0 (or maybe 4.0?)