<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>sidlls</author><text>It doesn&amp;#x27;t come out in the wash. It&amp;#x27;s much easier to max out the 401k when your salary is higher, and with the exception of housing specifically the cost of other things is on par with anywhere else I&amp;#x27;ve lived (in the midwest).&lt;p&gt;The commute (by train) is in fact less expensive than gas and maintenance on a car in many cases.&lt;p&gt;If you double your housing cost, even moving from a mortgage to renting because you cannot afford to buy out here, you&amp;#x27;re &lt;i&gt;still&lt;/i&gt; ahead in the valley.&lt;p&gt;Of course, individual circumstances may alter the above, but &lt;i&gt;generally&lt;/i&gt; it&amp;#x27;s true.</text><parent_chain><item><author>digitalsushi</author><text>My god this is just another universe to me.  I&amp;#x27;ve got 19 years on the clock doing stuff, right now extending the jenkins model to make a usable 2.0 pipeline, for a fortune 50 hiding on the new hampshire seacoast, senior-straddling-principal level and just barely squeaking out a 6 figure salary.  I know it all comes out in the wash, but it just blows my mind how different money is across the country.  or, i am a country bumpkin with absolutely no idea what is really out there.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience Level</title><url>https://triplebyte.com/software-engineer-salary</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>mrweasel</author><text>It really raises the question why anyone would put a software company in the Silicon Valley area. You could get cheaper and more experienced people pretty much anywhere in the world for at least 60 - 70% the price.</text><parent_chain><item><author>digitalsushi</author><text>My god this is just another universe to me.  I&amp;#x27;ve got 19 years on the clock doing stuff, right now extending the jenkins model to make a usable 2.0 pipeline, for a fortune 50 hiding on the new hampshire seacoast, senior-straddling-principal level and just barely squeaking out a 6 figure salary.  I know it all comes out in the wash, but it just blows my mind how different money is across the country.  or, i am a country bumpkin with absolutely no idea what is really out there.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience Level</title><url>https://triplebyte.com/software-engineer-salary</url></story>