Originally Posted by JonLaw
Originally Posted by Dude
Originally Posted by JonLaw
Why are we concerned about social/income outcomes here?

I can raise my income by 100% by moving to NYC or DC while simultaneously degrading my quality of life by 50%.

I'm not, but it seems to be important to Bostonian for some reason.

I can't speak for NYC except by reputation, but I have spent some time around DC, and based on my experience I'd say you're probably lowballing that 50%.

My commute is 10 minutes.

And that's in heavy traffic.

I can walk my kids to school (and normally do) and I also have no snow.

I grew up in PA and spent time in both NYC and DC growing up (in fact, I specifically avoided working in BigLaw there), so I know for a fact that I'm not lowballing it.

I really don't like cold weather.

I think we agree here, but something got lost in translation. When I say you're lowballing the 50%, I'm saying the quality of life degrades by more than 50%, it's actually worse than that.

Like you, I left a dense, expensive metro area (Southern CA) and took a 25% pay reduction to improve my family's quality of life in Hurricane Alley.