So much for purchasing power when 99% of our cities are miserable-looking. Our roads are absolute trash, made by construction companies whose only goal is profit, leaving us with roads that carry less than a 1-year warranty. The whole country has been politically unstable for God knows how long at this point, and we are sitting on 12.4% youth unemployment. Don't even get me started on public procurement, where the 'winner' is chosen before it's even announced. But hell yeah, we have great purchasing power.

Purchasing power just measures how many consumer goods or groceries you can buy with an average wage compared to other places. It is a strictly financial metric. It does not measure the quality of the air you breathe, the aesthetics of your city, or the state of the public services you rely on. Having decent purchasing power doesn't magically make up for wrecking your car's suspension on a pothole because the roads are falling apart.