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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would argue it depends where you live, and the cost of living in that place. There isn't a specific dollar value, but it's simply the ability to live comfortably and take care of yourself properly. If you made $100k USD/year in one of the more poor countries of the world, you'd be considered fabulously wealthy and could buy pretty much anything you could ever want. That would be well in excess of being able to live comfortably.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yeah definitely. I'm assuming this study was done somewhere like California.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nationwide in the year 2010, but I'm sure inflation has massively impacted the actual number since then! https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1011492107

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There seems to have been more recent researches that removed that cap altogether: https://www.verywellmind.com/happiness-doesn-t-top-out-at-usd75-000-study-says-5097098

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah if you live on 70k in my home town that is far more than just comfortable. I actually know of people who can take remote jobs with a high salary then move to less wealthy countries to just become the top 1% there also.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago