>In hindsight I might have been wrong about this - I was comparing household income in California - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ

>In hindsight I might have been wrong about this - I was comparing household income in California - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ... - to average income in Denmark - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_w https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_w... . Median household vs. average per capita isn't a reasonable comparison. Regardless, I wouldn't move to Denmark. lol proved my point. Being a Californian looks remarkably different if you’re not in the Bay Area or coastal Southern California. Most of California is super rural and poor and doesn’t have access to high paying jobs. Sure, if you win the lottery and work for Apple or Google you’re gonna be okay but go look at Mountain View, Cupertino, and surrounding areas and it’s super unimpressive what you get for your money. There’s a reason people in Denmark are happier, wealthier, have a higher quality of life, live longer, etc. Yes, the income total at the high end is capped but overall people are better off. That’s why you can’t just say oh well people in Palo Alto and Montecito are doing well… therefore California is amazing!