A man making $100K in NYC is digging through the garbage looking for foodExpect adding another hour to two hours(or more) to your work day due to commute times. And expect to pay ridiculous housing prices if you want to live close to where you work. I know people who live outside Philadeplphia or Connecticut that work in NYC because they can't afford to pay the rents there.
Know what you call a guy making $100K in NYC? Broke and praying his roommate comes up with his half of the rent money, wondering what it's like to have more than a strip of grass outside his apartment building surrounded by concrete.