I'm from Sydney, Australia. I am not remote, but I like the idea of grabbing a US salary ($150k a year = AU$200k a year, let assume AU$220-AU$240k contract rate

I'm from Sydney, Australia. I am not remote, but I like the idea of grabbing a US salary ($150k a year = AU$200k a year, let assume AU$220-AU$240k contract rate with no benefits, then I can cover my superannuation too). Compare that to a similar Sydney dev salary, for an experienced dev, AU$140k would be towards the high end. So a 50% salary increase AND work from home can be on the cards. All that is stopping me is that my current gig is giving me learning opportunities both technical and managerial that I might find hard to get in a remote job. But boy do I love working on code in a quiet room! A good way to "beat the system" would be to live in Adelaide where the cost of an apartment near the city is about $300KAU ($225k USD). A 100% mortgage on an ocean view house, close to the city, for a family would be affordable on a US tech salary! I guess as long as you don't care about 'house as an investment' because demand is likely to be higher in the long term in the horrible overcrowded "big smoke" cities :-)