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If you find one, please share :) Less sarcastically: is there an index for this kind of thing? E.g. cost of living for an equivalent neighborhood plotted again
by ed312 7y ago
If you find one, please share :)
Less sarcastically: is there an index for this kind of thing? E.g. cost of living for an equivalent neighborhood plotted against median salaries for tech jobs?
- czbond 7y agoDallas, TX is one - but as resident, I up and moved to Denver because .... ugh.
- opencl 7y agoA large chunk of the midwest is like that. Housing is very cheap in the small-medium cities (and the big cities are still a lot cheaper than the coasts) and you'll usually find a few local software companies + satellite offices of bigger ones that pay in that range.
- sudosteph 7y agoThere are a few different rankings that sort of assess this. There's a CompTIA "Tech Towns" report[1] from last year that does a good breakdown of salary + job opportunities vs CoL by city. Anecdotally, I think it was right to rank Charlotte NC at the top. It's easy to find 100k+ salary jobs there if you have experience (avg is a bit lower though) - and median housing prices are like 230k. But the big downside is that you pretty much have to be cool with working for a bank. [1] https://www.aitp.org/blog/aitp-blog/2018/10/23/tech-town-usa-20-cities-it-pros-will-want-to-call-home/ https://www.aitp.org/blog/aitp-blog/2018/10/23/tech-town-usa...
- taborj 7y agoThere are numerous cost of living calculators[0] online, but they basically just tell you how much more or less you need to earn to maintain your standards if you move to another city (not neighborhood level). Still, they're interesting. [0] Here's one: https://www.payscale.com/cost-of-living-calculator https://www.payscale.com/cost-of-living-calculator