Super strange for me to read that.<p>I&#x27;m freelancing web-dev in Berlin and I was always thinking that you work 24&#x2F;7 in US for the same amount of money.<p>Here I enjoy a heart-of-the-city-center apartment for 800 Euro ( ~60 sq.m. ), beer for one euro, cheap health insurance and yes of course higher taxes.<p>On the same hand :D I&#x27;m working around 5-7 hours per day ( RescueTime tracked ) and definitely don&#x27;t pick up my phone when it&#x27;s saturday or sunday ( anyway nobody calls at that time for work ).