as an engineer the highest ROI +EV move you can do for your career is to move to SF or NYC

It might depend on the stage of life that you are in, but my experience is the opposite. When I moved from SF to Reno, my cost of living dropped and my quality of live improved. Taxes + higher rent + more expensive childcare adds up to several thousand a month!

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yeah tbh probably this is true and at the end of the day you end up spending more on SF or NY

im happy with my low COL/burn rate too