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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by lexs on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @10:38AM (#18015685)
Do you actually get anything out of that 50% more pay? Thinking about higher rent, healthcare etc.
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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by mywittyname on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:25PM (#18017250)
Absolutely. Only a few cities in the USA are expensive on an international level. The cost of living in most regions of the USA is so incredibly low that a decent programmer has a shot of having a paid off house & car, no student loans, and $100k or so retirement account by the age of 30 (assuming graduating college @22).

Where I live, the median house price is about $170k USD (avg rent is just under $900/mo) and the median software engineer salary is just under $100k USD.

Plus, taxes in the USA can be pretty low.

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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by symlinkk on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @02:19PM (#18017778)
Where do you live?
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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by mywittyname on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:49PM (#18019476)
Ohio
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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by drstewart on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:22PM (#18017218)
The rent is higher in the US? Have you seen rent prices in London, Amsterdam, or Dublin?

Health care is included in any well paying tech job.

Please list out the other "etc" that makes up for $100,000+ difference.

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