Yeah, or you could buy and live in a crappy condo in the bay area, then sell it and buy a nice house in the Midwest 10 years sooner There's definitely a tradeo

Yeah, or you could buy and live in a crappy condo in the bay area, then sell it and buy a nice house in the Midwest 10 years sooner There's definitely a tradeoff, but it's disingenuous to imply that it's a good financial move to take a 50% pay cut That said, these last couple of years remote work has really taken off, so maybe you can have your nice house in the Midwest and retire early in it too