100k is middle class. In high cost areas of SD, LA, BayArea, I would even argue if that’s middle of middle class.
So? Let them move to the desert. Is someone entitled to live in SD/LA/SF just because they’re an ex-cop?[/quote]
I think you need to adequately compensate certain public workers otherwise infrastructure falls apart. That said, the pension situation is alarming imho but I don’t think paying cops $100k is really out of the norm. But what I think doesn’t really matter. It is what it is. And it doesn’t affect my bottom line.