Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] San Diego cost of living?

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> It's not so easy.  If food is 10% of your expenses, and food costs 20% 
> more in one place than another, then that difference in food prices 
> should have a 2% effect on cost of living, right?  But food prices 
> don't really vary much from place to place in the US.  Housing prices 
> vary a lot, and housing is a big chunk of most people's expenses.  
> Also, housing prices are probably positively correlated with food 
> prices, although weakly.

As long as you add the different variables in dollars and not in 
indivual comparisons it shouldn't matter what portion of your expenses 
each is. If it takes $2000 a month to live in Missouri and $6000 in 
California it really doesn't matter what percentage of that is food so 
much as the total needed. So you could say that living in San Diego 
costs 300% of living in the boonies of Missouri. It does seem to me that 
if the pay increases with the cost of living that you're getting a deal 
to move to the more expensive area though because most other items, such 
as stuff ordered from Amazon, will stay the same cost.. so extra money 
goes further.

> For a job that pays $120k/annum, they should be flying you out there 
> for an interview and to look for housing.  You should tell them that 
> you want to fly out to meet with them before you decide that you want 
> the job. They should also pay your moving expenses.

They already did have me out there at their expense and they will pay my 
moving costs if I go with the job.

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Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://kavlon.org


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