My thought process for the 300€ was:
- rent=150€
- internet,gas,water, electricity=50€
- food (all home cocked) 1.5€/meal, 3 meals/day -> 135€
Like i said in my previous post you would have to be extremely frugal by not having a car, eating out, etc.
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Forbes: Quit Your Job And Live Abroad: 10 Places So Cheap You Might Be Able To Stop Working
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Like i said in my previous post you would have to be extremely frugal by not having a car, eating out, etc.
This would near 1000€ at the very cheapest in Spain, and with a lot of luck.
Living in Paris, I would never consider France as one of the best place to retire. Any city. The cost of living is so high and the country is not calm enough to enjoy retiring there. Even with some decent savings, I can't imagine lasting long without working and having to pay rent.
This list only makes sense if you have a good source of passive income or loved so frugal that you actually have a large savings account (which is untrue for most Americans at least).
Malaysia are Thailand are way better while the cost is the same if not lesser.
To be fair, living in the french remote countryside with 2000$/month is doable, but don't expect having a doctor, hospital, school for the kid or even a supermarket nearby. These places are cheap for a reason.
My wife and I are seriously considering this as well. Would love to hear more about your experience if you go through with it.
I was just about to make a post about how plenty of smaller towns in the south and Midwest offer low costs of living. It's not as romantic as the idea of moving to France, but you can buy a house for well under 100k in a lot of places.
From that article:
The author has never heard of Metro.
Yeah no. The healthcare system itself is pretty great but outside of big cities, finding a doctor can be grueling. At this point, some of them have so many patients that they'll put you on a black list if you don't show up for an appointment without cancelling first.
No.
I mean, I've lived here my whole life and it's a pretty great country, but it's far from the hyper-sophisticated and affordable utopia described in the article. Unless you have a decent enough income.
Why are they listing $2000 a month as it's some sort of huge deal? You can live for around that in Houston with a decent $800 apartment in an okay area. Even afford cable and internet.
Do people not have friends outside of their immediate family or something? That alone would prevent me from uprooting myself even if I spoke the language and had enough money.
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sorry for the super late reply. letf the answer in draft.
I had a 150€ rent in ponta delgada azores ( 1 room + WC) 5 years ago and ervedal, avis dictrict (1 very small bedroom, 1 living room+ kitchen) 3 years ago.
Super small houses but imo good enough for a single person.
Some of the locations are just dumb. Columbia/Mexico are high crime and France is very expensive.
Rofl at including Costa Rica, Portugal or France. Those are not cheap at all. Portugal might not be expensive all things considered, but certainly not cheap. None of the western EU is. This list should be focused on Asian countries like Indonesia with isles like Bali where you can actually have an amazing dinner for two for just 20€
Geez, Ponta Delgada is that cheap? Brb moving to the islands
Loads of places are cheaper than any on these lists to live - they just tend to be more dangerous. Despots, less good security/infrastructure, etc.
For example I went to Egypt in recent years and what you described for a 2 course meal is a joke in comparison.
In Egypt a 2 person meal, eating like kings with plenty left over, can be 20 Euro max (and delicious) if you make yourself or go to the right places.
For example I went to Egypt in recent years and what you described for a 2 course meal is a joke in comparison.
In Egypt a 2 person meal, eating like kings with plenty left over, can be 20 Euro max (and delicious) if you make yourself or go to the right places.
You live in LA though, and I doubt your siblings live in Paris. Switch it around and have them live in Paris and you live in Idaho and you'd be living like a king and them struggling.
The US is a biiiig place. And a lot of it is cheaper to live in then major European countries.