Perhaps, but Vienna has better QoL so maybe it balances out at this level. If you want to just maximize income, there are better places for that than Amsterdam.

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joe_mamba 2 hours ago | parent [-]

>but Vienna has better QoL

According to who? Visiting tourists rating amenities and people on welfare? NL infrastructure and tech jobs market is leagues beyond what Austria offers.

>If you want to just maximize income, there are better places for that than Amsterdam.

Like which?

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0x3f 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> According to who? Tourists?

Just about every QoL index around. [1] [2]

> NL infrastructure and tech jobs market is leagues beyond what Austria offers.

These are not QoL-related beyond pure income.

> Like which?

California, NYC, London even.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Liveability_Index

[2] https://www.mercer.com/about/newsroom/zurich-offers-highest-...

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joe_mamba 5 minutes ago | parent [-]

>Just about every QoL index around. [1] [2]

What if random arbitrary QoL indexes made by corporations listed on the stock market don't match real world reality? Just look at how made those indexes like The Economist. Plus Austria has an allocated budget of spending taxpayer money on advertising to attract foreigners and tourists to come there. So given this, I can't take an index made by "the economist" in good faith as being an objective representation when it was most likely a paid ad disguised as access journalism like so many journalist pieces today. My experienced reality is a much better and objective index, thank you very much.

>These are not QoL-related beyond pure income.

Except that income lets you get better life for you and your family. There's no guarantee the government will always, or ever, have your back. And we are on a tech forum here after all, so obviously the QoL for tech workers matter most for me since people are driven by self interest, including you. If Vienna was better athan Amsterdam you'd see a lot more tech expats from HN come there instead of NL but they aren't, because work opportunities and money matters, and you won't be happy in an underpaid toxic tech job in any city regardless if it's Vienna who you believed has the best QoL even though you never lived there, but just because the stro turfed internet told you so.

>California, NYC, London even.

Except that unlike Amsterdam, none of those cities are in the EU therefore not accessible to EU labor, and we were talking about a sum in Euros.

	▲	0x3f a minute ago \| parent [-]
		> What if random arbitrary QoL indexes don't match real world reality? That would be up to you to show. By default, I trust the Economist more than I trust a random guy. > Except that income lets you get better life for you and your family. We're in a thread about whether the non-monetary QoL aspects make up for less money. This is irrelevant. > Except that unlike Amsterdam, none of those cities are in the EU therefore not accessible to EU labor, and we were talking about a sum in Euros. First of all, at these levels you can move almost anywhere. It's not that difficult to get a visa for skilled work. Second, you said Europe. London is in Europe just fine. Talking about Euros hardly matters. Sweden and Switzerland are both part of Shengen, don't use Euros, but you could move there trivially. Zurich probably pays better and has better QoL as well.