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Discussion on: Why (I think) "Cost of Living" pay for remote workers is BS.

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Nicolas Bousquet

I think the cost of living in Bay Area or worst in San Francisco is not just 1.5 time the one of mexico. Education is very expensive as well as real estate. If you come working alone with 2 childs and sell you home in mexico for one in SF, you'll see it isn't just 1.5 time more.

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Patricio Cano • Edited

Oh, I was never talking about SF, when I mentioned the 1.5 times increase in cost of living. I was talking about Smalltown, USA. @sam_ferree mentions Iowa, as an example. I'm doing the same.

Salaries in the Bay Area are crazy high, because cost of living is also crazy high. That was never in question.