This is very interesting, but should be taken with a grain of salt even inside the US. This is likely not to be very sustainable for much longer, and it signifi

This is very interesting, but should be taken with a grain of salt even inside the US. This is likely not to be very sustainable for much longer, and it significantly skews the perspective of making your "own money" long term. The OP took advantage of a couple of cities in a country where tech is hyper-valuated at the moment. The solution is not to "move to the US", and change your lifestyle chasing abnormal salaries. The US has its own problems, and prices are very inflated here in general. Salaries are already catching up in the UK, and the tendency is that this becomes more common outside the US. Earning 100k pounds in the UK is not the same as earning 100k USD.