We’re talking about trade offs here right? Not saying you get everything.

But no I wouldn’t live in rural Arizona over the Bay Area or most cities unless there was a very strong extra reason to live there (like a manhattan project) and definitely not for a pay cut even if cost of living was near 0.

What about urban arizona? Or someplace like onaha which is a city with plenty of city things todo but still low cost

Arizona is too hot. It shouldn’t exist. A monument to man’s arrogance.