I think perhaps you are jaded by location? I can make that 150k a year in Cali, Seattle, and a few other popular locations... (I've been offered a few) but you'

I think perhaps you are jaded by location? I can make that 150k a year in Cali, Seattle, and a few other popular locations... (I've been offered a few) but you've got to understand that the 75k a year folks are making in the middle of the country provides a very similar standard of living for the location that the 150k does elsewhere...