The job is just not same. In the big company where my bro worked had its best employees sent to HQ so that they could pay them more. The guys who got employed

The job is just not same. In the big company where my bro worked had its best employees sent to HQ so that they could pay them more. The guys who got employed at satellite offices could never directly get employed at the HQ. Rest of the small companies have no choice but to pay more to get any talent. I think big companies have their HQ in those expensive areas because their top guys prefer that for networking purpose. Most of the time a city is established as a hub for X and it's difficult to change that.