These numbers that are being thrown around are mind-boggling.  I still haven&#x27;t shifted my thinking out of blue-collar, northern Appalachia mode, where $20&#x2F;hour for back-breaking skilled labor is considered a really good career.<p>Cost of living must be completely astronomical, or people have really expensive tastes.  That kind of salary would be enough, after taxes, for me to work five years, buy a home, cash on the barrelhead, invest the rest, and retire to live off the dividends the rest of my life.