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Good catch. There are a few other bits that bothered me as well. The employer's contribution to retirement is counted as a gain in Australia, but the employer'

Good catch. There are a few other bits that bothered me as well. The employer's contribution to retirement is counted as a gain in Australia, but the employer's matching Social Security contribution in the US is ignored. It also assumes that a car is absolutely necessary in the US. I live in the Bay Area, and I haven't driven my car in any material sense in 4 months (by choice). Regardless, it's pretty obvious that one can earn six figures in the US, but choose to live within the means of a bartender in an Australian tourist trap. Which provides more disposable income?

pedanticfreak 16y ago
There are other troubling inconsistencies as well. But I decided to stop there. I only want the author to go back and fix his numbers, I don't want to write the article for him. Without a doubt, this whole thing is a poor abuse of statistics. It doesn't take a genius to figure out you can make $100,000 and keep a lot in the bank by living like someone who makes $30,000. Which, by the way, there are quite a few of those people in the United States.