For me, low cost of living means low quality of living. There are more things to do in more expensive cities and quality of almost everything is higher, from re

For me, low cost of living means low quality of living. There are more things to do in more expensive cities and quality of almost everything is higher, from restaurants to doctors to schools. Many people brought up the compensation which is fair, but for me, even if a company in mid-west offers 30% increase in my earnings I would pass. For people like me that are minority, diversity is very important. It makes living much easier when you are surrounded with all different kind of people. By visiting some cities in Montana and Idaho I understood how good Silicon Valley and NYC are. People keep staring at us in restaurants just because we were talking a foreign language. I know it's all because of their curiosity and they don't hate us necessarily but it is not comfortable.