[steventruong]

I'm not sure he was arguing there had to be a specific correlation. But as you said, in major cities such as the one you've listed, it tends to be higher. No matter how you look at that, location does influence pay to a strong degree whether its direct or indirect influence.

[dasil003]

Right, that's why I said "somewhat". People are really trying to put words in my mouth in this thread, sheesh.

[nandemo]

Sorry, I didn't mean to put words in your mouth. My intention was to complement your comment, not to argue that you were wrong.

[dasil003]

I got that... was referring to the direct replies.

[steventruong]

I hope you weren't referring to me given that I wasn't even replying to you (clearly obvious from the branching of the reply). My response originally stem from this comment:

"In past discussions on HN, it has been pointed out that salaries aren't directly related to local cost of living. "

If anything, the argument was in support of the original statement you made here:

"This totally depends on location". I have no clue where you got the idea I was putting words into your mouth when the argument I was presenting was in support of your very first sentence.