[brutal_boi]

If the mortage/rental and family expense is in the same order of magnitude as the salary, it's little different than everywhere else.

[chrisseaton]

Does this really apply to people earning as much as a quarter of a million? Surely at that point most of your money is disposable income?

[zacym]

>Surely at that point most of your money is disposable income?

Not if you're living in a major city with wife, kids, and a mortgage.