alt Hacker NewsTo give context on my other comments, where I live in Scotland, median full time wage is around $55k.
You can live a perfectly comfortable life on that; you don't have to worry about bills or medical expenses, and you can afford to get a mortgage and buy a house (probably costing around $300k or so)
That's why I'm surprised about people from a richer nation saying they can't afford things.
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DontchaKnowit • today at 7:04 PM
How can you afford a 300k mortgage at 55k a year. That would be a very large percent of monthly pay right?
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> That's why I'm surprised about people from a richer nation saying they can't afford things
If you had the same salary in Switzerland or Luxembourg which, believe it or not, is not impossible, there would be a lot of items that you can't afford. Salary is important but cost of living matters as well. Granted, inside the same country, figures could change drastically but people tend to live where there are lots of job opportunities where it's more expensive.