[citrin_ru]

I does matter if you plan to move to a cheaper area after a retirement. Or even if you are buying a car which costs about the same from California to Virginia - only local goods/services (and housing of course) are more expensive in high cost high salary places. Everything else if about the same within a given country.

[DeathArrow]

>I does matter if you plan to move to a cheaper area after a retirement.

Likewise, you can be employed in the big city and work from home living in the small city.

[sublinear]

The post-covid silver lining. Ask anyone who understands retail market trends and they 100% agree.

This is the bulk of the "soft landing". As usual on the shoulders of the middle class.

[j7ake]

Schools, restaurants, and infrastructure like public transport are better in big city than small.