>>>>>>>>Just curious, in US terms is this good, bad or ugly salary?
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>>>>>>>It could be either depending where in US you live.
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>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>As I said before...location.
>>>>
>>>>From the post:
>>>>Location:
>>>>Honolulu, HI
>>>>
>>>>Is this good money for the place?
>>>
>>>Jeez, it's like trying to extract blood from a stone here, eh Bhav?
>>>
>>>I think it's been said on Greg's thread about whether or not to take his proposed job in Hawaii (which I think may be the same as this one advertised) that Hawaii, being so remote and desirable a place to be can be very expensive. In that sense $40/hr may not be a lot. But if you were in, say, Pittsburgh, in a depressed ex-mining community, then that may get you a whole load of luxury.
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>>Pittsburgh is arguably depressed, but it is not ex-mining, it is ex-steelmaker place. To be precise there are still some steel companies in the area, but not on 50 years ago scale.
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>of course, yes. I meant steel.

I thought the steel industry was originally there because of the coal?