LtDan

When you take the salary of an average (not wealthy or poor, but middle class) New Yorker living in the heart of the city into account, is it even enough to not only pay rent (on top of a deposit in advance for first time renters) including bills utilities, internet, maintainence fees or muncipality fees & not forgetting food on the table. I've heard that NYC has the reputation of being the most expensive in the globe. Is that true?

Let me empathize the question better: as in restaurants adding a surcharge imposed towards customers just because the logistics of bringing in the ingredients to cook dishes is being impacted (usually come in bulk from supply trucks) alongside the cost of fuel going up.

I know its the same thing for rideshare (as drivers need gas, so they charge passengers more on the app for this reason). In my country, they added a 5% surcharge for customers who dine in at restaurants and 10% for food deliveries, which is just ridiculous (but I get it).

I mean, my country has it's own oil reserves but whether they'll be used during this time remains unclear, and they're kind of seldom on exporting that towards the global market since for the most part, crude oil is imported from the Gulf states (like Oman or Kuwait).

I've seen multiple videos equivalent of Americans pointing where (country) is on the map, and there was an instance where the host asked the woman where the continent Africa is located (points to Asia) like WTF? That's not even close at all.

I know there's bias towards those types of videos since there are accusations of the host "handpicking" select strangers framing them as if they are representative of the US. But the truth is that their education system isn't good as it lacks funding.

When you put it into perspective: how many Europeans can correctly locate & name countries adjacent to them within their own continent and globally? Is the education system within the EU that good or effective at teaching kids that subject?

I mean, even though USD is a popular currency: does the PPP hold up in Switzerland? The thing is that, despite having $10,000 (CHF 7905) in their budget, that still won't cut it since there is a bottle of liquor that costs CHF 100,000 ($126,755) for example.

Don't even mention restaurant prices, it's ridiculous that buying from the supermarket is cheaper. Have you been there? If so, is it even a wonderful country to visit despite how expensive it is for tourists? (Explains why barely anyone goes there).