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The poverty line for a family of 4 in San Francisco was $149k in 2023.

I live in a MCOL city with all the modern amenities and on $150k can be a comfortably upper-middle class sole income earner, buy the average house, and send 2 kids to private school if needed.

A 2-3x pay differential is a fairly accurate COL difference for a family moving to NY or SF, maybe even on the low end if comparing to a rural area.

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I’m not debating the accuracy of GP’s statement, but rather the level of success one might have with that negotiation tactic. I’m waiting to hear the success stories of negotiating that 250% CoL raise.

I was advocating it more as a way of quitting TBH and rubbing the insanity of those cities' RE costs in their faces.

Thanks for the follow up. If one has the means to pull it off, I most certainly agree.

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