SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS city by city ranking of starting associate salaries in law, it appears that people working elsewhere are overpaid by New York standards if you take cost of living into account. Alternatively, you might conclude that people want to work in New York enough that firms in other cities must pay more to lure them away.
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