I'm also confused as to why wages are lower here. I'm with my family at the moment so this is a university town only in that there are some satellite campuses h

I'm also confused as to why wages are lower here. I'm with my family at the moment so this is a university town only in that there are some satellite campuses here. Most people here are well-off, and I think my anecdata might be partly tainted because I know my friends who have jobs here pretty much took the first jobs that they found. I personally have a remote sde job, so all of this is anecdata I've collected from those around me, alongside seeing job postings out and about.