I remember mentioning a decade ago that going to Antarctica is cheap, while living in Helsinki is expensive. Then I took an academic job in what later became o

I remember mentioning a decade ago that going to Antarctica is cheap, while living in Helsinki is expensive. Then I took an academic job in what later became one of the least affordable areas in the US. Now I think that travel is cheap, fancy tech gadgets are cheap, and living in Helsinki would have been cheap. Doing things at home, on the other hand, is now a way to show off your wealth, because it assumes that you have a larger home than you would strictly need.