Independently Poor: A Twist on FU Money – a.k.a. “FU, Money”

Post by rayhendricks » Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 1:14 AM UTC

luckylion wrote: post #84

ido wrote: post #33

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You don't even have to go to Thailand, there are plenty of minor towns in western countries that are very cheap (usually because there aren't any good local jobs).

I wonder when it'll shift that people that can do remote work move to these towns specifically for the lower cost of living. In my circle of friends who do usually work remote, there are a few that want to move to more rural areas. The number one concern is availability of broadband, which is just terrible in Germany. Further down is friends/family not being close and possibly sticking out very much. I don't think re…

Post by mensetmanusman » Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 2:12 AM UTC

perfmode wrote: post #101

kerkeslager wrote: post #95

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> There were two big problems. One is that you feel disconnected from society. This is hard to explain but being outside of normal social structures you lose a sense of context and meaning to your actions. Second is that when you don't have any social or financial pressures it's hard to avoid the path of least resistance. It's very easy to fall into bad habits, just watching youtube, reading reddit, bad diet, etc. Th…

it’s true it indicates a failure of imagination, but i wouldn’t be so quick to make a personal indictment. i, too, have been financially independent for the past year. past employer IPO. modest take. for the past couple months, i’ve struggled with the same issue described by the OP. for me, it’s a challenge of community. i spent so long living the silicon valley engineer lifestyle, along with others on that same trac…

Post by mensetmanusman » Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 2:19 AM UTC

quicklime wrote: post #136

Joeboy wrote: post #106

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First-class men were about twice as likely to survive as third-class men, and first-class women were about twice as likely to survive as third-class women.

For those that are interested, here are the survival rates, broken down by men/women/children in first/second/third-class/crew: https://www.anesi.com/titanic.htm

Post by bane » Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 3:43 AM UTC

cauliflower2718 wrote: post #146

bane wrote: post #114

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Yes. We plan on retiring outside of the U.S. primarily due to the medical nonsense making our expected cost of living much lower in old age.

Where do you plan on retiring? Which countries are good for this?

Post by Nasrudith » Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 5:33 AM UTC

kerkeslager wrote: post #95

arcsin wrote: post #24

Coming at it from a different perspective, I did something similar to this by saving money on a US salary and then moving to a low cost of living country. I spent years at a time not working or even thinking about how to make money. I think almost everyone has felt the pain of financial and social obligation, but very few people have experience a total lack of such obligations for years at a time which leads to thing…

> There were two big problems. One is that you feel disconnected from society. This is hard to explain but being outside of normal social structures you lose a sense of context and meaning to your actions. Second is that when you don't have any social or financial pressures it's hard to avoid the path of least resistance. It's very easy to fall into bad habits, just watching youtube, reading reddit, bad diet, etc. Th…