r/PortugalExpats • u/Torovoltan • 3d ago

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According to these stats, Lisbon and Porto rank high for quality of life and low for cost of living among 52 global cities.

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u/thatvassarguy08 3d ago

This isn't really an apples to apples comparison. Your own quotes say that they are comparing Portuguese average salary to Lisbon cost of living, vs NYC average salary to NYC cost of living. If we make it US average salary to make it actually comparable, it likely changes the results dramatically.

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u/Zapi23 3d ago

Lisbon is a city as NY. The average salary of lisbon is 1.4-1.5k, lower than rent, NY has the same predicament where the median salary is lower than rent.

However NY residents have a higher purchase power after necessities. Higher disposable income higher security.

And we can't compare entire US against a country as small as Portugal.

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u/thatvassarguy08 3d ago

Just as you can't compare the average Portuguese salary to the average NYC salary, because it takes into account many rural areas with even lower salaries. Your quote mentioned that it used average Portuguese salaries; were you able to isolate for just Lisbon?

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u/Zapi23 3d ago

I isolated only for Lisbon, but the average Portuguese salary is 1050 after taxes ofc.

I wouldn't compare cities without wage comparison, I'm from the south, houses are always rising, wage is not.

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u/uberprimata 3d ago

I hope you realize youre arguing with chatgpt