[matanrubin]

Does this go both ways? Would i get an automatic raise by just moving to a more expensive place? I suspect the answer is no, which shows employers are just fishing for opportunities to lower wages with this bulshit argument.

[Smoosh]

There's also the fact that companies will location-shop, pitting states/towns against each other to host a new headquarters etc. So if the company can seek to reduce their overheads for their own financial benefit, why not the staff?