I grew up in Windsor, Ontario (right beside Detroit). The vast majority of my friends from there work at Amazon/Rocket Mortgage. On paper they make less than SF, but lifestyle wise they’re all crushing it. A large chunk of them have paid off or almost paid off their mortgages and are under 35. Great place to have a family.

I couldn’t handle the snow after growing up there for 22 years. Ended up in California for 7ish years instead :)