Medical Technologist Forum - Unionize the Laboratory ?: [QUOTE who="cls1 in California"]Your bro...

[QUOTE who="cls1 in California"]Your broad sweeping generalization that CA has a higher cost of living is subjective, and not representative of CA as a whole. YOU decided to live in a metro area and YOU decided to work there..Sounds like a personal choice and has no merit as to whether or not someone else can have a different quality of life. Just because you were once offered a 60k salary(im acutally quite curious as to where you applied that offered you such a "low" salary) does not mean that ONLY metro areas pay well. I can tell you that i'm about 2 hrs away from any metro area and my salary is 100k+.[/QUOTE] My coworker actually commutes from the central valley 1.5 hours each way (and thats on pm shift with no traffic). The reason is he gets paid a full $30k a year working in the Bay Area. But he cant afford housing here for his wife and kids. Ive heard Sacramento is really good, possibly the best place in the US to as a CLS. The inland empire is also supposed to be good. Reasonable housing (sort of) and high wages. But in most of coastal CA the wages dont keep up with housing costs, and youll make more in Atlanta when you factor in cost of living in areas like SF, LA etc. And lets not forget some of inland california looks like Mad Max and is quite hot and poverty stricken. Not what everyone thinks of when they picture this state.