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I don't live in the US but get the impression that US prices have skyrocketed in many cities? Like paying $20 for a sandwich in California for example, or $4k rents in New York. So even though the dollar is a stronger currency internationally, it's worth less and less within the country?

If that's true, retiring in Europe might get more and more common for US software developers...

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I imagine many developers just retire outside of the big cities, where prices drop drastically.

Even in East Bay Area, you'll pay $10 for a sandwich and $2k for renting a 1 br apartment. It's not that much more than Western Europe for an equivalent thing.

I was just visiting Switzerland and these prices are 2 times what's paid there. And like 3-4 times what's paid in Central Europe.

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