[madcaptenor]

For what it's worth, I work for a company that has offices in both Atlanta (which is probably a relatively low-wage market) and San Francisco. I was given a choice between the two offices (I lived in SF at the time of the offer but was looking to move) and was offered X in Atlanta or about 1.2X in SF.

(I took Atlanta, by the way. The cost of living difference is much larger than 20%.)

[cagriaksay]

No kidding! I just checked Atlanta vs SF cost of living out of curiosity. SF cost of living is almost twice and rent cost is almost triple. Crazy!

[madcaptenor]

When I was thinking of moving and looking into what the tech scene was like in Atlanta, I found this post on "startups for grownups": http://academicvc.com/2013/07/05/startups-for-grownups/ .