Let's discuss some differences Quality of life As we said: «The money is not the happyness, but it helps you to get/do the stuffs/activites that makes you happy» When one salary is not enough to live (or live comfortable): Add yourself another job Start working extra hours Chile is know to have workholic's people. What you do when you go home if you work from 8:30 AM to 7:30 PM or even 9:00 PM? What you do if gets your home takes you more than hour? (Mexico D.F., Santiago de Chile, or any other big city)