Originally Posted by tigrs99

You forget cost of living in US and Europe, even if you make $100,000/yr living in NYC is not much as you will paying close to $30,000 a year for rent or mortgage for a 1 Bed room apt in decent part of Manhattan, health care costs will set you back by another $7,000-10,000 a year.
And if you factor in cost of raising kids, child care, transportation, insurance on $100,000 a year u will barely survive after paying federal and state taxes