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Re: Ask HN: Where can I live off 1k USD per month?

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Post by collaborative »

phonon wrote: post #434
collaborative wrote: post #403

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Yes, replied below. Just go on loveholidays and filter results.. I usually decide the country on the best deals to get more value. You can do the same in winter if you fancy skiing in Bulgaria

I don't see a price filter/sort in the results there. Can you show some examples?

There is no filter in "hotel only" results, but what you can do is a "hotel + flight" search, which allows price filtering, and then do a hotel only booking once you've found an affordable/cheap option you are happy with. Don't forget to tick the "all inclusive" checkbox

Re: Ask HN: Where can I live off 1k USD per month?

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Post by Markoff »

Everywhere in Southeast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Philipiness, Indonesia, Vietnam plus you have great cuisine and no need to worry about cold weather much.

Smaller towns in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary should be also no problem, just forget about top 5 cities in each country, in Bulgaria/Romania maybe even bigger cities, just not capitals.

I would more worry about long term visa situation than about cost.

You also didn't define "living", one thing is sit at home most of the time, cook for yourself and just hang around city without travel, other thing is going to pubs 3 times a week, travelling on weekends etc. Entirely different budgets.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I live off 1k USD per month?

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Post by 8bitsrule »

bobthechef wrote: post #359
soared wrote: post #334

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Visit Poland before making a decision. As an American their social culture can come off as very cold and rude.

That's because Europeans come across as cold and rude because Americans have a perpetual smile plastered on their faces. This causes Americans to come off as mentally deficient to Europeans.

Here in the US, radio stations treated citizens to decades of Tony Bennet singing the song "Put On a Happy Face". It was from a 1960 musical called 'Bye Bye Birdie'.

By some magical coincidence, just a year later the black-on-yellow 'Happy Face' (Smiley) was introduced by the 'Good Guys' on NYC radio and used on badges for an insurance company.

Because it's early in the morning, I also wonder if there are other countries where the phrase "wipe that smile off your face" means you're in danger.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I live off 1k USD per month?

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Post by Markoff »

rwmj wrote: post #269
wsc981 wrote: post #47

With my girlfriend and daughter I live in Thailand (Thai countryside) and we have a budget of about 50.000 THB per month, or about 1.300 USD. We own our house, so we don't pay rent and we don't have any loans. This budget doesn't include costs for health insurance, which I pay separately. I think a single guy could live on quite a bit less, but has to pay some rent. For about 250-300 USD per month you can get a decen…

Thai food is so good I don't know who wouldn't want to eat it all the time.

yeah, I thought Chinese food is great and diverse as well, but you will get tired of it after eating it daily for year or two and wanna change, so have to switch at least to Korean, Japanese, Malaysian or Western (Big Pizza and Saizeriya FTW)

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Post by Markoff »

dsego wrote: post #320
mdp2021 wrote: post #152

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Which levels of security will you find in Croatia - including appropriate behaviour of public officers, such as the police? Also - how widespread is the understanding of the English language?

This 35-year-old left the U.S. for Croatia: ‘I live on $47 a day — here’s a look at how I spend my time’ https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/21/this-35-year-old-expat-lives...

47 dollars a day is not cheap, that's 1500USD per month, for that I can easily live in Prague, most likely even in Vienna or Berlin

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Post by sgt »

bingohbangoh wrote: post #386
sgt wrote: post #316

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Yes there are. Tons. I live in South Africa and feel completely safe. And I don't live in a security estate either. It's not as crazy as what you see on the news. It is however all about location.

What locations would you recommend that are safe?

Anywhere in the Western Cape, but I mean it doesn't just end there. I would be perfectly happy with many places in Johannesburg (like Bryanston), Pretoria, and also many rural locations.

That is not to say security is not a serious concern in many of these places, but you can lower the risk substantially by choosing the right neighborhoods etc.

Most of the crime happens in the dodgy areas (ironically - poor people suffer the most from crime).

Re: Ask HN: Where can I live off 1k USD per month?

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Post by Markoff »

nishnik wrote: post #96

You can live in almost any city in India for less than 1k USD per month. In Bangalore (Tier-1 City), rent for a 1-bed-hall-kitchen apartment will be around 200 USD. Add 10 USD per month for high speed internet. Another 100 USD per month for a dedicated maid and cook. Add 200 USD for all kind of grocery. That will be around 500 USD per month of living expenses. You can live in Varkala/Goa (if you love beaches) and Dha…

yeah, good luck working with daily power outages

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Post by Markoff »

gremloni wrote: post #273
walrus01 wrote: post #40

Lots of places in Pakistan and India you can do that on $1000 USD a month. If you don't do really well with hot weather you could pick a traditional hill station location (Murree, Darjeeling, Shimla, etc). They have lots of domestic tourism accommodation, I'm sure it wouldn't be impossible to negotiate month-to-month terms with some of the property owners there.

I’ve been to both Pakistan and India and would not recommend Pakistan. You can’t get things you want in Pakistan, it’s dangerous and to be honest besides the food there isn’t anything to do.

I'd not recommend even India - unbearable air pollution, unbearable outdoor temperatures for many months and daily blackouts to start with

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Post by KptMarchewa »

yongjik wrote: post #68
UncleOxidant wrote: post #50

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> Basically, if you put down a huge deposit (like $90,000: 50% to 90% of the value of the property), you don't pay any monthly rent and get the entire deposit back when you move out. That's kind of a strange system. Any idea how it evolved there? Basically sounds like the landlord has to invest the money in such a way as to get a return that would be equivalent to rent but also safe enough so that they can return the…

I believe the system was adopted in the old days with very high interest rates (~10% was common) - landlords could easily expect to make enough return. It's actually greatly favorable to landlords. Just think about what happens when one side is out of money. Under the monthly rent system, landlords can't get any more money until they evict the renter (which is a lot of hassle, anywhere in the world). Under the "jeons…

The nice option world be to guarantee in law that renter gets the property as debt.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I live off 1k USD per month?

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Post by kaboomman »

I recommend Thailand. I don't live there anymore but I used to. It's very doable to live on $1000/mo if you don't live in the center of Bangkok (try Chiang Mai) and eat local food. You have the added bonus of a huge expat and digital nomad community, including many game developers, and no problems doing everything in English. Most things are no-hassle, no big deposits, etc, you just pay, and that's it.

And nice beaches aren't far away.

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