Good comment. Personally, I have a very high savings ratio and live well below my means (esp. in terms of housing), so it works out much better for me to live

Good comment. Personally, I have a very high savings ratio and live well below my means (esp. in terms of housing), so it works out much better for me to live in a high-CoL high-salary area, which is currently DC. It usually seems to me that the people who favor the low-CoL lifestyle are people who value having a giant house. I want more money for things like foreign travel; I don't care about having a giant house.