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> I'd imagine most people would want a pretty significant pay raise to move to somewhere like Ohio Cost of living is low relative to the west coast and high re
by justin66 5y ago
> I'd imagine most people would want a pretty significant pay raise to move to somewhere like Ohio
Cost of living is low relative to the west coast and high relative to a lot of places in Asia, so it really depends on who you're talking about.
- vmception 5y agoFor now. I’ve travelled to enough cities that it is basically an amusing part of my checklist to hear why Area Man is mad about housing prices going up. I could procedurally generate possible scapegoats at this point.
- justin66 5y agoThe nice thing about where they've located that Intel site, purely in terms of housing cost, is that you can get there quickly from plenty of cheap small towns. I'd live in Columbus if I worked there, but you could certainly go in the other direction without too much of a commute.
- Melatonic 5y ago"Area Man" - love it. Gonna use that from now on.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoRent in Columbus appears to be roughly comparable to Tokyo: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Japan&city1=Tokyo&country2=United+States&city2=Columbus%2C+OH&displayCurrency=USD https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou...
- justin66 5y agoThose numbers are incredible. One thing to keep in mind, though, is that a lot of what we're talking about when we say "Columbus" is suburbs. And the plant Intel is building is even in a different county.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoThat's fair, and Japanese apartments also tend to be smaller, for sure. Nevertheless, Tokyo is a metro of 40 million people, with national importance that's equivalent to slamming NYC, LA, and SF together into one region. That its rent has managed to stay this low is a result of zoning that's practically the opposite of the US: density by default, rather than density as exception.