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Good data. I'm not sure if it proves my point or not or what point I'm even trying to prove about US + engineer salaries + cost of living One nit pick: https:

• blagie 3y ago
  I'm not sure the world is always divided into clean points; I just figured the data would be interesting. I've spent a lot of time in a lot of places (including several from that list), and I'm not sure what conclusions I'd draw about cost-of-living versus much of anything. One unusual thing is often the very high cost-of-living in some cities in low-income countries. Like, if you can pay $50/month for housing an hour out of the city, why do people who earn a fraction of what I do spend $1000+ on housing in the city? Why don't people and businesses relocate? I'm sure there's a good reason (and probably not the same reason everywhere -- crime, schools, economic opportunity, social standing, etc.), but apparent paradoxes like that are interesting.