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Old 06-24-2019, 06:35 AM
 
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Someone earning $90k in New York City could be offered $65-70k in Dallas. Their money would go further in Dallas.

A lot of the suburban residents move to Texas at age 30+ after a stint in a high COL city like NYC, Boston, LA, or SF. Those threads pop up on here all the time.
I'm pretty sure you said the same thing I did...
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Old 06-24-2019, 02:30 PM
 
Location: "The Dirty Irv" Irving, TX
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Someone earning $90k in New York City could be offered $65-70k in Dallas. Their money would go further in Dallas.

A lot of the suburban residents move to Texas at age 30+ after a stint in a high COL city like NYC, Boston, LA, or SF. Those threads pop up on here all the time.
Yeah, I agree with that.
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Old 06-24-2019, 02:35 PM
 
Location: "The Dirty Irv" Irving, TX
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Well of course but if someone is earning $90k in NYC they aren't going to be earning $39k in Dallas. That's just nonsense. The first post in the thread has the adjustment made and it's at least 50% higher than that.

That being said for career profession it makes more sense to go to NYC, earn a higher wage and skill set, and transfer to Texas later on with a similar salary. That is what most folks I've known who make the move have done.
It was probably counting all of NYC. The OP had it at 60K for Plano to 90K in NYC...that similar to what the Brooklyn or Queens COL to Plano ratio is.

Regardless, these calculators are useful but have a limited amount of usefulness, especially the bigger difference between two different places.
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Old 06-25-2019, 08:09 AM
 
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It was probably counting all of NYC. The OP had it at 60K for Plano to 90K in NYC...that similar to what the Brooklyn or Queens COL to Plano ratio is.

Regardless, these calculators are useful but have a limited amount of usefulness, especially the bigger difference between two different places.
No. Cities ranging from Allen and Plano through Manhattan and Brooklyn and hundreds of others are accounted for individually. Although metro-wide data is available as well.

Clearly this type of data is very useful assuming one understands it and isn't blowing smoke.
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