| > in NYC you could charge $300 That's 2 days of median disposable income. For comparison: San Francisco, U.S. - Disposable income after rent: $4,710 Zurich, Switzerland - Disposable income after rent: $4,626 Chicago, U.S. - Disposable income after rent: $3,298 Boston, U.S. - Disposable income after rent: $3,188 New York City, U.S. - Disposable income after rent: $3,157 Sydney, Australia - Disposable income after rent: $2,615 Melbourne, Australia - Disposable income after rent: $2,485 Oslo, Norway - Disposable income after rent: $2,342 Copenhagen, Denmark - Disposable income after rent: $2,285 Wellington, New Zealand - Disposable income after rent: $2,075 Depending on your list and method, New York could be 44th on global purchasing power index: https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings.jsp?title=20... Or 15th: https://defence.pk/pdf/attachments/screen-shot-2019-11-27-at... Anyway, "no other major metro area has that kind of disposable income" seems inaccurate. |