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   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Greg Goss   wrote:   
   >Bill Gill  wrote:   
   >   
   >>I recall back in the mid 80s I was considering transferring to a   
   >>job in Southern California and was investigating how much housing   
   >>would cost.  I found some body that said that if you didn't mind how   
   >>far you had to drive you could find really good prices on housing.   
   >>It just too forever to get to work.   
   >>   
   >>I didn't take the transfer, too expensive and too crowded to live in   
   >>California   
   >   
   >A cousin of mine was once offered a high-profile job in New York.  I   
   >think that the new job was double the money of her Toronto job.  If I   
   >recall correctly, they were offering USD $128K instead of her current   
   >CAD$63K.   
   >   
   >She made the cover of Canada's newsmagazine (Macleans) for saying "It   
   >was a good offer, but I would have to live in New York. Who would want   
   >to live in New York?"   
   >   
   >I suspect that California was both cheaper and less crowded than New   
   >York.   
      
   Depends on what part of California, but generally, yes.   
      
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   Dorothy J. Heydt   
   Vallejo, California   
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