> On the other hand since wages are not so high the price of services is lower too. So things like food in restaurants is just cheap (and great). With 24k you d

> On the other hand since wages are not so high the price of services is lower too. So things like food in restaurants is just cheap (and great). With 24k you dont need kitchen and can basicaly eat outside all the time. [...] It depends where you live but i dont think you can compare europe with north america. You think so? I'd go ahead and try to compare anyway, for instance https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/index/north-america https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/index/north-americ... vs. https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/index/europe https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/index/europe - diverse as this data is, in terms of cost of living major cities on both continents seem to be roughly on par with eachother. > The trend in bigger [European] cities now is to have a bike and ride public transport - many people dont even want a car. Maybe it's reversing now, but it's been - at least partially - a widely purported stereotype: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/08/its-official-western-europeans-have-more-cars-per-person-than-americans/261108/ http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/08/its... Besides, traffic congestion in big European cities happens to be bad beyond an average American's imagination, so not wanting a car may be forced by these dire circumstances much more than a result of "not caring that much about buying things"... > With 150k you would be considered very very rich. Presidents and heads of state make that much in most of the european countries. In most Western European countries