/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>6768279
Maybe I can explain this as someone that lives in Zurich Switzerland (born & raised).

>Middle manager for auditing firm
>Make $220,000 a year
>56% of that goes straight to the tax-man
>Keep $96,800 after taxes
>Have to pay $5000 a month for rent, gas, electricity etc keep in mind this is a studio apartment with 1 big room in a mid-tier neighborhood in Zurich.
>Have ~$23,000 a year left to buy shit
>Box of eggs is $8, A chicken is $20, 1 liter of milk is $5
>Literally can't afford to eat meat every day
>I am FORCED to go on holiday 2 months a year because it's too expensive to stay at home due to excessive prices
>Don't want to leave my hometown because my family has lived here for 200 years and I have all my friends and family here.

People have this weird idea that having a lot of money means your life is suddenly an utopia. No. It depends heavily on where you live.

pic related shows the prices which are still on the cheap side from what I have to pay here.

30% of Switzerland is a millionaire. Both my parents and my brother are millionaires yet we still live in poverty.

Weirdest thing about Switzerland compared to foreigners is that I remember being bullied as a kid at school because me and my parents went on holidays and going on world trips is for poor people because they can't afford to stay at home. Which is probably ironic because it's the exact opposite of what you always see in American media.