Well I get why you may think so, but that was not my intention, so I'll try to make myself clearer - there should be no salary gap between a metropolitan area and the surrounding suburbs. Heck - there should be no salary gap if you move from SF to NY (I am not from the US so I can't compare cost of living, but I assume it's similar).
However, when we're talking about different countries or even continents I think my original point still stands - cost of living plays a big role in overall compensations.
The problem it's that if I live in a poor country and can't afford to go into a rich country. I'll be tied to my salary forever, the quality of life also changes, for example: In Brazil, earning $5k it's really rich, whatever, I don't have the freedom to do this because of the problem that the country has with security, I don't have the same buying power that I could have in a rich country.
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Well I get why you may think so, but that was not my intention, so I'll try to make myself clearer - there should be no salary gap between a metropolitan area and the surrounding suburbs. Heck - there should be no salary gap if you move from SF to NY (I am not from the US so I can't compare cost of living, but I assume it's similar).
However, when we're talking about different countries or even continents I think my original point still stands - cost of living plays a big role in overall compensations.
The problem it's that if I live in a poor country and can't afford to go into a rich country. I'll be tied to my salary forever, the quality of life also changes, for example: In Brazil, earning $5k it's really rich, whatever, I don't have the freedom to do this because of the problem that the country has with security, I don't have the same buying power that I could have in a rich country.