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by brianwawok 4342 days ago
Cost of living in Chicago is NOT 2x Milwaukee. Nor is salary, so you need to go more in depth.

I think 30-40% more salary is easy in Chicago. I think you can easily live at only 30-40% more expenses in Chicago (think of all the stuff a big city saves you.. can get rid of all your cars, get more free entertainment options, etc).

Thus, I think Chicago is awesome for post college people to inflate their way out of college debt. I do not know enough about SF to say if that is a good idea, but the COL to Salary ratio could be off.