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Originally Posted by DWB
Just about every story you will read online about living somewhere cheap is bullshit. What it means is you can live there LIKE A LOCAL for that amount. If you want to have a real life, a nice place, in a good area, it takes money. Yes, it's usually cheaper than where you're from, but living abroad for pennies on the dollar is usually a pipe dream.
Another thing these stupid articles never mention is how much you may pay for a Visa, real medical costs, the cost of paying double in some places because you're foreign, and so on. It's ALWAYS much more expensive than any of these articles ever lead on. Makes me wonder if the idiots who write them actually live abroad or not, or are they just some dirty back packer living in a hostel making extra money writing this crap.
But if you want to live like a local, yes, you can get by on whatever dreams they are selling in those stories.
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This is so true. A BMW, Rolex and 48 inch plasma are cheaper in the US then almost anywhere in the world so if you want those types of things in your day to day then expect to pay for them.
The big difference is how much a maid is. Can you get your house clean, food cooked etc for a few dollars a day then it can add to your life style.