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Originally posted by Groesbeck Hurricane
So, we go from upper income bracket in our little hick neck of the woods and become very poor...
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Back in the Roaring 90's, technical recruiters would fish the backwaters for 'underpaid' rubes, and offer them 'phat' salaries in the Big City. I knew of several techies who jumped at the chance to make 6 figures in SF and NY - only to find themselves barely making ends meet. In 1994 or so, I was making $30k and had a 'crooter offer me $65k in SF. Wow! More than double my current salary - sweet! I went down to the bookstore, got a copy of the SF paper, and did some apartment hunting. There was no way I would have been able to maintain my standard of living - and car working (ie a garage) - on $65k in SF.