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As someone who lives near Pittsburgh with a reasonable salary and knows what Silicon Valley/NYC salaries are usually, I am not that upset about it.
by maztaim 6y ago
As someone who lives near Pittsburgh with a reasonable salary and knows what Silicon Valley/NYC salaries are usually, I am not that upset about it.
- znpy 6y agoworth adding (numbeo comparison): https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&country2=United+States&city1=Pittsburgh%2C+PA&city2=San+Francisco%2C+CA&tracking=getDispatchComparison https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou...
- unishark 6y agoI once negotiated with an employer that tried to use these exact kinds of cost-of-living stats to compute an adjusted "matching" offer to an offer from California. But it's a bad deal because those high california prices are "paying" for very desirable benefits like nice weather and job opportunities. These differences are not considered when "living" is treated like a commodity where the only stat to compare is cost.
- jjeaff 6y agoExactly. If I'm going to forgoe the great weather, I need some of that "excess living expenses" to make up for it with tropical vacations and maybe a nicer car or something.