India, June 21 -- A techie has caught the internet's attention after sharing why earning Rs.40,000 in his hometown eventually felt "richer" than taking home Rs.1.2 lakh a month in Mumbai. In a post on X, Shubh Jain said that while his 6-figure salary in Mumbai looked impressive on paper, a large portion of it disappeared into the cost of simply living in a Tier 1 city.

"Why Rs.40k in my hometown felt richer than Rs.1.2L in Mumbai. I was working in Mumbai and earning around Rs.1.2L/month in hand. Honestly, on paper it sounded amazing. But by month end, it rarely felt like six figures," Jain wrote in an X post, clarifying that he was using Mumbai and his hometown only as example of the differences between Tier 1 and Tier 3 lifestyles.

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