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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's very simple, OP.  DC area is a thriving job market to compare to a lot of places in the US, there are also a lot of people making a lot of money here and those with ambitions to be wealthy tend to migrate to places like DC/NYC/SF, where there are opportunities to make it big.  If you don't have such ambitions, then you will be fine living a very nice lifestyle on MC salary in a lower COL city.  But, even if you are not the typical type A person, DC provides more selection of jobs and there are more of them to go around in case you lose your job.  This is what draws a lot of people to this area as well.

[b]I am just wondering, OP, why did you even interview for another job? Were you not happy with your existing job?  Were you trying to increase your earning potential, is this important to you?  And, mainly, is this attainable in your own city to achieve whatever level of success you want?[/b]  [/quote]

Not OP, but they recruited me heavily and offered more autonomy.  OTOH, if this doesn't work out for some reason, there are fewer jobs in my field in the DC area than at home.  So I'm interested in this company/challenge but concerned about being much more vulnerable because of COL.

Also, personal reasons unrelated to job/region, ball just happened to drop in DC area.[/quote]

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