I will say, gently, that it has been quite the experience to live here for a while and watch people complain about the economy and the cost of living etc when I earn, in London, often half of what people with similar jobs in New York do twitter.com/mattyglesias/s…

got this really good bit now of going 'you see in London I live in a nice one bedroom flat by myself, I have a nice life, do sports, go to the cinema, eat in restaurants, buy nice clothes, and I earn....' then watch people's faces as I announce the figure, their jaw usually drops