It is shocking how often people don't consider this. I myself did not understand the full implications of cost of living until I moved several jobs, to differen

It is shocking how often people don't consider this. I myself did not understand the full implications of cost of living until I moved several jobs, to different cities, each time my cost of living went up. At one point I realized, I was getting paid four times more in real terms but my standard of living was worse than in grad school!