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minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoI hate that people treat the US like a country. It’s bad for statistics. The cost of living in New Jersey is 50% higher than Alabama, for example, using the site you linked. Averages across the US are near meaningless. Since I’m talking about tech jobs, we should compare to states with lots of tech jobs, and we might get a better comparison.
minus-squarePatch@feddit.ukcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoSure, but that applies to the UK too. London has a higher cost of living than Los Angeles; averages being averages, this is weighed against lots of cheaper places to live (with massive unemployment and stagnated economics).
I hate that people treat the US like a country. It’s bad for statistics.
The cost of living in New Jersey is 50% higher than Alabama, for example, using the site you linked. Averages across the US are near meaningless.
Since I’m talking about tech jobs, we should compare to states with lots of tech jobs, and we might get a better comparison.
Sure, but that applies to the UK too. London has a higher cost of living than Los Angeles; averages being averages, this is weighed against lots of cheaper places to live (with massive unemployment and stagnated economics).