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>How do you cope with the fact that people in san francisco and new york make multiple times you doing THE SAME fucking work. They're likely saving more as well.
Highly unlikely. I'm happily early-retired now but I used to make up to $200k annually when I was working in a MCOL part of Georgia. An individual with the same career in VHCOL area like NYC or SF might make $10k-$20k more if they're lucky. That's nowhere near enough to cover the difference in living expenses.
>picrelated