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Re:$150K and up for Software Devs in Austin by orangecat on Sunday December 11, 2011 @02:24AM (#3339541)
Sort of, see "Expensive Urban Real Estate Is a Consumption Choice": http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/expensiv...

If coming to New York meant that you had to put four people in a three bedroom apartment that's uncomfortably far from a subway line, instead of buying a nice little condo in Omaha, this does not mean that you are not "really" better off than your counterpart in Omaha; it means that you have chosen to consume your extra wealth in the form of "living in New York" rather than in the form of spacious real estate, cheap groceries, and an easy commute.

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Re:$150K and up for Software Devs in Austin by JoeAltmaier on Sunday December 11, 2011 @09:25AM (#3340109)
...and a job.

At some point, the crowd creates the job market creates the crowd...and it snowballs. Our preferences stopped mattering a long time ago.

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