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by csomar 1249 days ago
As the divide gets more extreme (between GDP per capita numbers and reality), I think we’ll soon have a “Quality of Life” kind of an index.

You can have a high salary in country A, but live in a small studio, eat shit-food and have to take a crappy metro for work.

Or you can take a much lower salary, live in a nice 2-Br apartment, eat at nice restaurants and take a new nice metro for work, and still be able to afford a car.

You’d need $120k/year to afford 1 in New York, and $30k/year to afford 2 in Kuala Lumpur.