Why do you guys continue to choose high COL cities for the same comp. $150k in SF <<<< $150k in DFW!

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Same reason anyone chooses to live in a city. Family, friends, opportunities, diversity, network, fun - food, activities etc. Can you get all these in LCOL? Absolutely. Is it as ubiquitous across those areas? No

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I'd love to move to a lcol area in the south but my wife doesn't want to. when we've visited the south in the past we've noticed a clear difference in culture and the way people think (I don't think it's better or worse but we don't fit the mold). also my wife is much more of an intellectual than I am and she just clicks better with super highly educated people, which is why we've stayed in Boston. people just have different preferences

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UT Dallas is a pretty intellectual school

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Exit opportunities in SF pay a lot better on average than they do in Dallas. Not everyone wants to stay in consulting for the long haul.

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they like Sodomy

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Trying to meet women

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In SF half your paycheck goes to taxes lol

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#truth

Better hookers

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What is LCOL and HCOL? Noob here.

High cost of living low cost of living

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Quit recruiting people to Dallas. Let's keep it our secret.

Alaska is a little too wide open for me. Beautiful but I like cities and it's probably very different than it was in 06

The “SF is better” argument apparently didn’t keep companies like McKesson moving their HQ from SF to Irving, TX. There will be more.

Or Charlotte, which has now become the second financial hub.

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