I wish someone told me apparently moving to a lower cost of living area doesn’t mean lower anything?!? I relocated for a pay cut, thinking I’d save money but rent here is nearly the same and groceries cost more. I basically got a smaller paycheck for better parking.

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I moved 3 yrs ago for lower COA. Then inflation hit.

I don't mean to be rude, but did you not do any research before making that move? Surely you had your living situation lined up beforehand. Didn't that clue you in that things were going to be just as expensive in the new city as the old?

I second this. Thorough research should’ve been done beforehand

Isn’t the idea to keep your HCOL salary and move to LCOL area? Why move if your comp is gonna decrease?

I looked into moving from nyc to chi thinking I could save but my company wanted to cut my salary from 165k to 130k. Umm no thanks!

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