eezstreet

As long as you are making some money, nothing else shouldn't matter. Sure my parents wouldn't like the idea, but I could easily live as a hermit somewhere with less than 1000 euros a month. As long as I have a TV and PC+internet to keep my sanity.

I'd pick the job by FAR. It's a no-brainer. But then I don't have kids - if I were married with kids, my priorities would probably change.

Well I come from quite a poor country, more than half of the population is unemployed probably. If someone's got a pay of 650€, it's deemed to be the lowest possible pay, whereas 850€ are already a LOT, let alone 1000€ and more. I'd go with whatever will keep me happy working, I sure as hell wouldn't pick something that would make me feel down.