for someone working in IT with a high income that is probably true to an extent, but then there are other issues to deal with. where i am now, i can afford the things as you say, but to get there i have to content with a higher crime rate, corruption, horrible traffic, bad public transport, power outages, water that i need to at least boil before i can drink it, low quality products unless i get imported products which cost twice as much as where they come from. it certainly meets the definition of getting uncomfortable...