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Why would anyone need or want to do that? Let's grant the correlation. Next up is determining whether the two factors are causally linked. And then which direction the arrow of causality points.
It’s always been this way. When I was 15 years old the minimum wage was $3.35 in Texas I believe, but I got a job in Waikiki Hi. at Jack in the Box starting at $5 per hour. That was over 35 years ago. That’s why I’ve been telling my kids if you want to get a boost in life, get a job in a place with a high cost of living like Boston, Chicago, LA, New York, etc and work towards buying a house. Once it’s paid for you can sell it and move back to Texas and buy 2 houses, one to live in and one to rent. Or you can buy a house and start a small business. And it’s not just minimum wage that is higher it’s pretty much all wages across the board that are higher in high cost living areas. When I was doing concrete demolition in Texas about 10 years ago for $20 per hour, people in Chicago were getting around $35 per hour for doing the same job.
I have a feeling that this is going to be a chicken or the egg argument.
Pennsylvania and Virginia aren't low cost state, and neither are many parts of Texas and Georgia.
