The only major American Bank in North Carolina that I know of is Bank of America. They don’t exactly have the cream of the crop running some of their divisions, let alone guys lower ranked than that.
The price to move from BoA Charlotte to BoA New York is at least 75% higher, and this should have been easily found using google.com
Moving from NYC to London is again another 26% higher(as of June ‘07, so probably nearer to 33% now) at a minimum.
100% Charlotte salary, requires 175% in NYC, and requires 220% to 275% in London.
And this info was found in 2 minutes using google.
$ 15,000 a month for an apartment ? The guy is insane .