Question: I want to express a situation to a friend saying the following:

> 
> I have received two offers. The first one is of a good salary, but I did not
>  like the city, while regarding the 2nd offer, it is of a lower salary but
>  the city is awesome. I do not know whether or not I should sacrifice the
>  salary for living in a nice city.
> 
> 
> 

I would like to find an alternative word for the word "sacrifice" in the last sentence, and I do not know if my attempt is right or wrong.
My attempt to re-write the last sentence is:

> 
> I do not know whether or not I should forgo the salary 
>  for living in a nice city.
> 
> 
> 

Please help me to find the best alternative for the word "sacrifice" in the last sentence.

Answer: 
**Sacrifice** and **forgo** both seem like perfectly good choices.

**Trade-off** (or **tradeoff**) would be a good possibility, but the dictionaries I've checked define it only as a noun. See <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade-off>, <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tradeoff>, <http://www.dictionary.com/browse/tradeoff?s=t>>, <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/trade-off?q=tradeoff>. Given that, you could use **trade off** as two separate words:

> 
> I don't know if I should **trade off** the higher salary for living in
>  a nicer city.
> 
> 
> I don't know if I should **trade off** living in a nicer city for the
>  higher salary.
> 
> 
> 

You could also use **compromise** or **exchange**:

> 
> I don't know if I should **compromise** the higher salary for living
>  in a nicer city.
> 
> 
> I don't know if I should **exchange** the higher salary for living in a nicer city.
> 
> 
> 

Of these options, I would go with **trade off** (which is a slight twist on the suggestion of @KristinaLopez -- noun versus verb issue).
I agree with Michael Seifert on this one. 

You are comparing the pros and cons of these two job opportunities. 
And you can't really sacrifice something you don't have. 
So your sentence could look something like:

"I have received two offers. The first one is of a good salary, but I did not like the city, while regarding the 2nd offer, it is of a lower salary but the city is awesome. I do not know whether or not if I should [settle for a lower salary, so I can live] in a nice city."

I say settle, because when you settle for something, you are accepting or agreeing to something that is less than satisfactory.