> There are of course many other factors that go into it. One that may very well work in your favor is saving while living in a big city, then moving some place

> There are of course many other factors that go into it. One that may very well work in your favor is saving while living in a big city, then moving some place small later on. That's how I've been doing the math (over, and over, and over) ever since I found this article last night - calculate savings based on my tech job in sf, and then calculate expected expenses based on what it'll be like to live basically anywhere else and maintain the same cost of living (sf is 72% more expensive than portland[0] and a whole lot more expensive than living comfortably off of $10k a year in thailand). [0] http://www.bestplaces.net/col/?salary=30000&city1=54159000&city2=50667000 http://www.bestplaces.net/col/?salary=30000&city1=541590...