You seen to be conflating a household's actual expenses with a city's relative cost of living. Gitlab (along with my own employer and most remote-friendly compa

You seen to be conflating a household's actual expenses with a city's relative cost of living. Gitlab (along with my own employer and most remote-friendly companies I know of) adjust's pay based on the latter, not the former. If I wanted to move to San Francisco I'd have to get my manager's approval, and I'd get a raise. If I decided to have more kids, buy a bigger house, eat out more, start collecting vintage cars, etc I don't need my manager'd approval, but I won't get a raise.