Ok it&#x27;s working for you then. I think with housing costs factored in plus the net pay as the pay increase is taxed at a higher rate, plus quality of life issues make it less appealing.<p>In the main I&#x27;m talking about &quot;world cities&quot; where the big finance firms launder money through property, detaching the price from local wages, such as NY, LN and TK.<p>I wouldn&#x27;t count Seattle as a &quot;big&quot; city. The OP was talking about NY and SF, both of these are very big.