dunno Mashable but i'm not in states, actually in italy but soon moving to poland where costs of living are dirty cheap... for example a nice flat in here (grosseto - one of the cleaner coasts in italy) is around 600 euro, the same flat in poland costs me 150. that's why i can allow myself to work one week [honestly it's too much time ;] for a custom wp theme and take for it 100$
i am still cool with that