Comment Re:stats (Score 1) 235
As someone who just moved from Austin to the NYC area last year I thought I might give you some insight as to what those numbers mean. While people do also get paid more to live I those areas, they also take a lower relative pay to live in those areas. People are willing to take 1.5x lower salary to live where there are more oppurtunities, jobs and otherwise. I wouldn't move back to Austin for the same pay I get in the northeast, though I like it up here and not everyone does. But the numbers show more people prefer it.