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by jason0597 1631 days ago
> Personally I'm waiting for engineering salaries in the non-US to catch up to the US because it'll make it easier for me to leave the US if I choose to do so but it doesn't look like it's happened yet.

What difference would it make to your quality of life if you made $60k in Europe instead of $150k in America? Sure, your net worth wouldn't increase at the same rate, but should we define our lives around our net worth?
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majormajor 1631 days ago
It would primary affect both the specific city/location and quality of housing my family was in as well as our long-term economic security and flexibility. The latter is the most important part, but the former is important to me as well.

Having money in the bank is basically the same as having choices.

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jason0597 1627 days ago
This implies that someone making $60k in Europe is living in poorer quality housing and/or living in a poorer location compared to someone making $150k in America, which I do believe to be the case.

>as well as our long-term economic security and flexibility >Having money in the bank is basically the same as having choices.

Do people in Europe not have long-term economic security and flexibility? Do they not have choices?

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