[Dirlewanger]

Right, and employers are going to exploit these leverage imbalances in any way possible. It's why I don't think we'll ever see "equal work for equal pay" as seen in the article. You're just not going to get high COL wages while living in a low COL area.

[bumby]

Not to mention that the original intent of "equal work for equal pay" was about gender disparities. The importance being: gender (technically, 'sex') is a protected class, low-COL-resident is not.