Will be moving to Chicago area this spring or summer. Wife has a fantastic job offer there, both in terms of opportunity and compensation. That's the lure of the US, as it pertains to certain global companies anyway. Her after tax income, including conversion to CDN$ (but not including increased buying power), will be 2.5 times her take home here in Quebec.
To be honest, I'm not sure what I think about the move. I am not tied to a work location so can work from anywhere, but...
It will be interesting, I guess. As New Era talks above, this is about materialism. Which is not such a bad thing, I guess.
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