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Originally Posted by MikeStarr
there are many more people who can make $80,000-$100,000+ playing 2/5 with many more options on where to live than there are people can make $200,000+ playing 5/10 or higher.
I would reach the exact opposite conclusion from the same premise.
Finding a low COL area and grinding out $50k at 2/5 is pretty easy. You can cherry pick the best hours, play non-expertly, and spend a lot of time doing other things. If you put in the hours, 80-100 doesn't seem too crazy (100 maybe a little, that'd be 10/hr over 2000 hours, but overall we're in agreement).
It's the equivalent of getting a college degree in accounting. You'll quickly reach the middle class stage and you can lead a pretty scheduled, suburban life. There don't need to be a lot of threads on it. It's pretty straightforward.
It is, in fact, the non-obvious scenario - what do you do if you want more - that warrants discussions. I mean, why even bother asking where's the best place to be if you're playing a game that's spread almost anywhere and is pretty universally soft? It'd be the same as asking where's the best place to take an entry level accounting job - there are enough openings that you can let other factors decide (rural/suburban/urban, politics, weather, proximity to your significant other, proximity to hookers and blow, etc).
Where's the softest 1/2 on the Las Vegas Strip? The **** if I know, but it seems like if you pick one at random and it sucks, you can find another game faster than you can get decent advice on it.
Where's the softest 2/5 in the US? The **** if I know, but it seems like if you spent a week working through the toughest problems posted in LLSNL, they'd all be soft enough to obviate discussion.