If standard of living is purely defined as GDP per capita, then it makes sense.
I was thinking of "standard of living" as something akin to "quality of life" (which is subjective of course, but here are a couple of rankings placing Vilnius above Bucharest [0][1][2][3]). Also, for someone working remotely, a lower GDP per capita (assuming good infrastructure, low inequality/poverty/crime and corruption, etc. which are true in Vilnius, at least) might be preferable.
That being said, I think the trend for most of these statistics (GDP, HDI) for Lithuania vs Romania (or Vilnius vs Bucharest) seems to favor the former as well.
e.g. Vilnius county went from 0.861 to 0.920 HDI (0.59 delta) between 2009 and 2019; Bucharest went from 0.898 to 0.933 HDI (0.35 delta) in the same time period [4]
I was thinking of "standard of living" as something akin to "quality of life" (which is subjective of course, but here are a couple of rankings placing Vilnius above Bucharest [0][1][2][3]). Also, for someone working remotely, a lower GDP per capita (assuming good infrastructure, low inequality/poverty/crime and corruption, etc. which are true in Vilnius, at least) might be preferable.
That being said, I think the trend for most of these statistics (GDP, HDI) for Lithuania vs Romania (or Vilnius vs Bucharest) seems to favor the former as well.
e.g. Vilnius county went from 0.861 to 0.920 HDI (0.59 delta) between 2009 and 2019; Bucharest went from 0.898 to 0.933 HDI (0.35 delta) in the same time period [4]
[0] https://mobilityexchange.mercer.com/Insights/quality-of-livi...
[1] https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings.jsp
[2] https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2020/cities-and-happiness-a...
[3] https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/information/maps/qua...
[4] https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/LTU+ROU/?levels=1%2B4&in...