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by justsomehnguy 1380 days ago
> Cost of Living Comparison Between Seoul and San Francisco, CA

> You would need around 12,056,794.18₩ (8,727.42$) in San Francisco, CA to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with 6,600,000.00₩ in Seoul (assuming you rent in both cities). This calculation uses our Cost of Living Plus Rent Index to compare cost of living. This assumes net earnings (after income tax). You can change the amount in this calculation.

                                                       Seoul                       San Francisco, CA
    Preschool Full Day, Private, Monthly  :   509,352.94 ₩ (  368.70 $)  3,160,145.20 ₩ (2,287.50 $) +520.42 %
    Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre  : 1,063,680.37 ₩ (  769.95 $)  4,542,563.97 ₩ (3,288.18 $) +327.06 %
    Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre : 3,410,888.38 ₩ (2,469.00 $)  8,160,113.43 ₩ (5,906.77 $) +139.24 %
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou...

Basically - in some parts of US people would be homeless and starve to death on the pay of the most European citizens. And if you don't know - there are way too many homeless people in US for a developed nation.