>>8237148You're ignoring that animators still get paid a lot more in every state and that only a few cities actually cost more than the rest of the state.
And not every city/county/state has a high cost of living correlating with higher pay.
>>8237114A lot of times businesses are moved to or start in states/cities because of tax incentives and/or because it's cheaper just to work there.
Also, you ever heard of outsourcing jobs to cheaper states? Call centers and even drive thru ordering happened in Idaho and Montana.
Like with most things, the area that all these successful companies start inhabiting, the more expensive it becomes to live there.
Obviously, not everyone wants to work in fly-over-land, even if its cheaper to live there and to hire the best of teh best, these companies move to the coast and other populace areas that have everything a person with great income wants.
