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You would prefer, but it's not an absolute necessity for you due to real estate prices around you.

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• outsidetheparty 4y ago
  The comment(s) you're responding to were mostly tongue in cheek, but for what it's worth the cost of living in HCOL areas doesn't justify a 3x salary difference. It's not all tumbleweeds and dollar stores outside the valley.
  • whatwherewhy 4y ago
    It's pretty impossible to be paid $100k in a place where your house costs you $100k.
    • outsidetheparty 4y ago
      Which is why both of us deserve way more than that. (But for what it's worth -- things may be different in your country but $100k for a house hasn't been a realistic possibility even in the most rural parts of the US for a very very very long time.)
      • outsidetheparty 4y ago
        Also… pay should reflect the value you add, not be a measure of your household expenses. If companies can afford to pay HCOL rates it’s because the employee is generating enough value to be worth that salary. They’d generate the same value if they lived in the boonies, and the company doesn’t magically become unable to afford it. Let’s not let the industry trick us all into major pay cuts, eh?