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					Originally Posted by innerSpaceman  I'm sure I would be filthy rich if I were plunked down in Ecuador, or maybe even Idaho.  But because I live on the West Side of L.A., I'm decidedly un-rich from my daily perspective. | 
	
 Yes, but could you make as much in Ecuador or Idaho as you do in LA for comparable work? The trend is generally no, but it is not a linear relationship. An [insert job title] here does not make 3X the monthly mortgage payment for a median home in every city.