[piva00]

> Also, OP doesn’t live in Europe and clearly doesn’t care.

My point was to what I stated about European cities, not sure why you felt the need to state the obvious, refrain from strawman-ing, please.

> I literally don’t understand the rationale behind trying to bring down anyone aiming for a higher wage.

One can aim as much as they want but there's reality: that kind of wage is reserved for less than 5% of the population of already very rich countries, by definition it's not achievable by the majority, and having that as an expectation is bound to bring a lot of people feeling like failures because they can't achieve it. Keeping reality in mind is very good to not end up frustrated because you are earning a salary of 80k€ which is already more than 70-80%+ of what workers earn in the EU...

Aim for what you feel like while keeping in mind that, statistically speaking, you might not achieve it but can still have a very good life with less than that.