The wages for a programmer in Indiana aren't bad in context, either. I still chose to move to New York for a better paying job there. Why? Well, firstly, it'

The wages for a programmer in Indiana aren't bad in context, either. I still chose to move to New York for a better paying job there. Why? Well, firstly, it's a real kick in the pants to get paid half what you could elsewhere, even if you're paying rent and eating out for half the price. Secondly, computers, student loans, automobiles, and AWS services cost the same whether I'm in New York or Indiana, so I'd rather get paid twice as much, thank you very much. It's amazing how often "structural unemployment" is just "we don't want to pay what people want to be paid".