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IMO the cost of living US kind of averages out these days. House price gradient is pretty slim, and the large metros typically have less expensive services due
by candiddevmike 3y ago
IMO the cost of living US kind of averages out these days. House price gradient is pretty slim, and the large metros typically have less expensive services due to local competition/robust economies, vs the rural areas where medical care can be extremely pricey, food prices are outrageous, and no local competition to sustain more than one option for most staples.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk on location-based compensation is wage theft.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoThe big equalizer is the opportunity cost of not being able to find an income stream if you lose your current one, or the cost of not being able to find better income streams. Call it volatility, and it is not easily calculable as a number. I can get a job move to cheap Topeka, KS, but how much does the volatility cost me if I lose that job or I get laid off, etc.
- Thorrez 3y ago>rural areas where [...] food prices are outrageous How? How can rural people afford it? Are you talking about rural places that are tourist locations? Do you have any data on this? It seems wrong to me.