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> Some of that may be just from people preferring to go to a school that isn't that far from home I would argue this is the reason for most people. My cousin
by Xcelerate 8y ago
> Some of that may be just from people preferring to go to a school that isn't that far from home
I would argue this is the reason for most people. My cousin and my wife's sister were both accepted to Harvard for undergrad, but they turned it down because they thought it was too far away. Personally, I don't understand this at all (I would happily move wherever for a good opportunity), but it wouldn't surprise me if most people refused a 2-3x salary increase if it required moving from a rural area to a big city a few hours away by plane.
- wincy 8y agoWell there’s all sorts of issues with a big move. For example I live in the Midwest and live in a 2100 square foot house that I bought for $250,000. Average developer salary around here is 80-100k or so, but even if I got an offer for $300k from Google I doubt me and my stay at home wife with our two kids could move there and replicate our lives at all. Quick Zillow search says it’d be 10x as much for a house the size of where I am now, for 3x the salary? No thanks.