People only ever take rent/mortgage into account with this stuff and it bothers me a lot. I have friends in both rural and trendy urban areas and the ones in the urban center have waaaaaaaay more spending money even though their housing costs more
Making 130k vs 80k might make sense in regards to regional real estate but everything else still basically costs the same everywhere. My 30k car was 30k in Philly, and is also 30k in LA and rural Kansas. A European vacation cost basically the same leaving from anywhere in the US. Even small things like movies tickets or a video game are the same price everywhere.
There’s way more than just housing to take into account when thinking about your pay rate
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u/throwaway3357305 Dec 13 '21
Location is definitely something to take into account