Does Higher salaries still make up for the cost of living in more pricey cities?

I'm sure that this was true before the housing boom but now I don't know.

I lived in DC for 3 years and I just moved back to the town I'm originally from in Ohio. My job pays 20% less here but the cost of living is 40% less. I had absouloutly no problem finding a job making that in Ohio I looked for 2 years in DC and I couldn't find a job making anything more then what I was already making in my last job. I was an engineer in both places.

I’ll be able to have a house in a year or so here in DC that never would have been possible. Does anyone else think that its no longer “worth” living in the cities anymore?

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As usual, it depends what you want out of your city. If you are an art connoisseur or an opera buff, you might be willing to pay the higher costs to have access to quality in those areas. Where one chooses to live is often driven by things that are not economically to one's advantage. Cities offer many diversions that cannot be found elsewhere. So, I would state, many people would find cites well worth living in. I have lived in small towns and large cities in my 60 years and there are advantages and disadvantages to both, just as there are in the towns and cities that fall in between the two extremes.

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Salaries in high-priced cities are normally higher, but often not by enough to make up for the high cost of living. What you found isn't unusual.

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It is worth it. Nobody wants to live in Ohio (IMO)

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