[mgraupner]

Try buying a decent house in Germany with 4000€ netto, which puts you in the top 10% income bracket. Then come back and tell me, you're a rich person.

[Certhas]

Uh. Easily. Done it with considerably less.

Your idea of decent might be a bit off...

That's not to say that buying in Germany is absurdly difficult and expensive. It absolutely is. But if you think 4k net doesn't make you well off in average Germany you're really extremely bubbled.

You won't be buying in downtown Munich, but that's very far from average Germany, and you could definitely be buying within half an hour of decent public transport to downtown munich.

[mgraupner]

"You won't be buying in downtown Munich, but that's very far from average Germany, and you could definitely be buying within half an hour of decent public transport to downtown Munich." - Please show me an offer for a decent house in this region.

[mathverse]

German companies pay peanuts to tech workers and lost the tech decade. No surprise here.

[mrmlz]

And German salaries are better than Swedish salaries ;(