We can talk as much as we like about what is good here and what not and argue about schools and healthcare in the UK (...), as well as the skill set that you are going to develop in this business environment compared to the one you will develop working in the west, but in the end the sentence quoted above is the whole point, I believe.

Very few people would've moved here just for the sake of adventure or because they like living at 45°C, but when you are being remunerated 2x or 3 times more than in your home country then you are able to see the good things shining brighter ...