[romaniatax]

Quite interesting - didn't consider going beyond the GDP per capita.

> but here are a couple of rankings placing Vilnius above Bucharest [0][1][2][3]

informative, thanks for this!

> HDI

dang, i didn't consider looking into HDI. not sure how it's measured but it places bucharest-ilfov on par with parts of the UK and east switzerland?

https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/ROU+CHE+GBR/?levels=1%2B...

Either way you are right, quality of life is subjective. I don't particularly enjoy life here overall, just taxes and the group of friends I have. Romania is far behind central and western europe in terms of mindset, but is nowhere near the low level i thought it was.