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  The thumbnail pic of SLC got me! I was like huh that is NOT Boston, but tried to imagine mountains like that in the Northeast somewhere.
context: I would honestly be interested in living there, but there’s just no way I can afford the cost of living there. >
  
  Salaries are higher though. 
  I have the best of both worlds, got a job in Boston but now work remote in a much more affordable area a little over an hour outside of Boston. 
  I don't miss that commute at all though, sometimes it was over 2 hours each way with rush hour traffic.
  I have no idea how people can afford to live closer to the city.  My house would easily cost 3-4x as much with way less land and privacy. >
  
  Salaries are higher because the cost of living is higher. It's very difficult to break even living and working in Boston unless you make six figures or more >
  
  That’s not true though? Maybe for families, but my wife and I pull in ~100k+ combined, live in a small townhouse style home an 8min walk from a blue line stop, and live comfortably. >
  
  100K+ is literally "six figures or more". Your anecdote does not contradict what you're replying to >
  
  It does though "live comfortably" was part of his statement