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Doesn’t higher cost of housing and higher wages cancel out. Then you must consider higher taxes. Which ever way you go I can appreciate the fact that you want to better your situation. Good luck to you.
To some extent, but not entirely. And it depends on industry, but generally speaking, on average housing costs and taxes go up, but not at the same rate as wages. Wages tend to increase quite a bit, and living expenses and taxes increase less in comparison. So while a person in MO is doing better than a person in NY with the same wage, a person in NY is doing better than a person in MO with the same occupation because they are compensated better compared to cost of living. And it will be easier to find work in NY. Of course there are always exceptions, but this is a general rule. You need a little more luck, hard work, and patience to advance in red areas than you do in blue ones by the simple fact that there are more people and more jobs in blue areas.
For a little more housing costs and taxes, there tend to be a lot more available wages.
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