This is common to many lower income countries. You can live like a poor student in Poland for very cheaply but an upper/upper-middle class lifestyle (a couple

This is common to many lower income countries. You can live like a poor student in Poland for very cheaply but an upper/upper-middle class lifestyle (a couple of nice new luxury cars, always having the latest iphones/ipads, fancy clothing/watches/jewelry, a nice house/apartment in a good location, etc) will cost the same or more in Warsaw as in Berlin or Vienna.