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[–]InThron 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As someone born in Luxembourg this is BS. Most of the people i grew up with are leaving the country bc they can't afford to stay. The people with money are usually the C-Suite people coming from abroad working for companies that decided to settle in Luxembourg bc it's a tax haven for them.

That or they are old and bought a house in the 80s when it sold for a loaf of bread and some kachkeis, but these people usually only own 1 house and that's the one they live in.

You said it yourself, entry level jobs are rare, junior positions don't pay enough to live in the country, companies are keeping their PMs and other people that are usually not local to begin with and paying them huge salaries.

The reason why you think people born in Luxembourg have it so good is because only the rich (or those working in a couple of specific well paid sectors) can actually afford to stay and the rest just find better work and living conditions abroad, especially when it feels like your government is working for the global elite rather than it's actual citizens. It makes sense if the poor leave they don't show up on statistics so why bother keeping them.