>You can compare cost of living to an extent - assuming, for instance, that the worker won't go on holiday anywhere nice. But that's my point - as you get more

>You can compare cost of living to an extent - assuming, for instance, that the worker won't go on holiday anywhere nice. But that's my point - as you get more experienced your net salary levels by remoting and you have lower cost of living - you actually have larger discretionary budget for vacations. >Also engineers these days don't live like upper middle class (unless they come from such background). It's more like upper working class. Progressive taxation prevents workers from amassing capital and climbing the class ladder. >People from upper middle classes get paid in ways out of scope of progressive taxes designed to keep working class in check. True as well, which is why moving to Western Europe never made sense to me - as a freelancer I get to claim most of my income as company profits - taxed ~20% locally - vs. ~50% if it was income tax. And I can afford private health care/kindergarten/schools so the shit public care isn't an issue either.