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by drinchev 3874 days ago
Super strange for me to read that.

I'm freelancing web-dev in Berlin and I was always thinking that you work 24/7 in US for the same amount of money.

Here I enjoy a heart-of-the-city-center apartment for 800 Euro ( ~60 sq.m. ), beer for one euro, cheap health insurance and yes of course higher taxes.

On the same hand :D I'm working around 5-7 hours per day ( RescueTime tracked ) and definitely don't pick up my phone when it's saturday or sunday ( anyway nobody calls at that time for work ).