Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Inexpensive Countries Where $2k/Month Buys the Good Life

moneycrashers.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

11–20 of 29 posts

Re: Inexpensive Countries Where $2k/Month Buys the Good Life

#11

Post by ir123 »

liveinspain wrote: post #5

Was scrolling through this hoping to see a mention of Spain or Portugal. I've lived in quite a few countries. Here are my rents, always furnished, always in a reasonably good location, with the exception of Alexandria Egypt: - Chiang Mai, 2012, Nice studio apartment, $250 USD/m - Alexandria, Egypt, 2012, Simple shared apartment in bad location, $100 USD/m - Berlin, 2013, Shared apartment, 330 Euros/m - Barcelona, 201…

Adding data points from India.

- Mumbai 2017, really bad location (almost a slum). Shared room in a 2BHK costed me 190 USD/m

- Hyderabad 2018, really really good location. One room in a 3BHK costed me 200 USD/m

- Pune 2019, one of the best locations I have lived in. One room in 2bhk costed around 180 USD/m

- Bangalore 2020, outskirts in a poor underdeveloped and cramped location. One room in a 3BHK costed 200 USD/m

Re: Inexpensive Countries Where $2k/Month Buys the Good Life

#12

Post by ghego1 »

ir123 wrote: post #9
contingencies wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe because eating with your hands while shitting liquid and paying baksheesh every time you want a package from outside of the country while your power goes out is not most people's idea of the good life. Just sayin'.

Can someone flag this for racism

While the language is probably inappropriate, the contents are sadly not far from reality IMHO.

As per the food, I love Indian food, I eat very spicy and I love curry, peppers and hot spices in general, but I yet have to meet someone that has spent any significant amount of time in India eating Indian food without getting some form of diarrhea.

Re: Inexpensive Countries Where $2k/Month Buys the Good Life

#13

Post by ir123 »

ghego1 wrote: post #12
ir123 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can someone flag this for racism

While the language is probably inappropriate, the contents are sadly not far from reality IMHO. As per the food, I love Indian food, I eat very spicy and I love curry, peppers and hot spices in general, but I yet have to meet someone that has spent any significant amount of time in India eating Indian food without getting some form of diarrhea.

Whats wrong with eating with your hands?

Re: Inexpensive Countries Where $2k/Month Buys the Good Life

#14

Post by mardifoufs »

liveinspain wrote: post #5

Was scrolling through this hoping to see a mention of Spain or Portugal. I've lived in quite a few countries. Here are my rents, always furnished, always in a reasonably good location, with the exception of Alexandria Egypt: - Chiang Mai, 2012, Nice studio apartment, $250 USD/m - Alexandria, Egypt, 2012, Simple shared apartment in bad location, $100 USD/m - Berlin, 2013, Shared apartment, 330 Euros/m - Barcelona, 201…

Morocco is pretty cheap too, and is very close to europe. Tons of (even poor) French pensioners move there to retire and get a lot more for their money. Now if you are well off by western standards you can have an absolutely amazing quality of life, beyond what you can realistically achieve in a lot of western countries. The country is amazing and has lots to offer as long as you know how to, let's say... get around and not be overly naive.

Re: Inexpensive Countries Where $2k/Month Buys the Good Life

#15

Post by baybal2 »

ir123 wrote: post #11
liveinspain wrote: post #5

Was scrolling through this hoping to see a mention of Spain or Portugal. I've lived in quite a few countries. Here are my rents, always furnished, always in a reasonably good location, with the exception of Alexandria Egypt: - Chiang Mai, 2012, Nice studio apartment, $250 USD/m - Alexandria, Egypt, 2012, Simple shared apartment in bad location, $100 USD/m - Berlin, 2013, Shared apartment, 330 Euros/m - Barcelona, 201…

Adding data points from India. - Mumbai 2017, really bad location (almost a slum). Shared room in a 2BHK costed me 190 USD/m - Hyderabad 2018, really really good location. One room in a 3BHK costed me 200 USD/m - Pune 2019, one of the best locations I have lived in. One room in 2bhk costed around 180 USD/m - Bangalore 2020, outskirts in a poor underdeveloped and cramped location. One room in a 3BHK costed 200 USD/m

> - Hyderabad 2018, really really good location. One room in a 3BHK costed me 200 USD/m

Looking at the price, I want to ask which Hyderabad? That's very cheap.

Re: Inexpensive Countries Where $2k/Month Buys the Good Life

#16

Post by baybal2 »

liveinspain wrote: post #5

Was scrolling through this hoping to see a mention of Spain or Portugal. I've lived in quite a few countries. Here are my rents, always furnished, always in a reasonably good location, with the exception of Alexandria Egypt: - Chiang Mai, 2012, Nice studio apartment, $250 USD/m - Alexandria, Egypt, 2012, Simple shared apartment in bad location, $100 USD/m - Berlin, 2013, Shared apartment, 330 Euros/m - Barcelona, 201…

- Dubai...

Fanciest life for the money, and the rental prices are at rock, rock bottom now.

While Dubai is a "city of millionaires," in comparison to posh places in the West, it's very cheap.

Downside, you will have to reconcile with your conscience about living in a kingdom of a man who raises hand on his own family.

- Colombo

Sri Lanka is the most developed South Asian country, by far. My surprise was though... very few speaks English, much less than in India. So, learning Sinhala.

- Istanbul

Istanbul is a quite fancy, de-facto European, city without a doubt, and Erdogan's financial wizardry ensures rock bottom lira whole year long.

Re: Inexpensive Countries Where $2k/Month Buys the Good Life

#17

Post by ir123 »

baybal2 wrote: post #15
ir123 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Adding data points from India. - Mumbai 2017, really bad location (almost a slum). Shared room in a 2BHK costed me 190 USD/m - Hyderabad 2018, really really good location. One room in a 3BHK costed me 200 USD/m - Pune 2019, one of the best locations I have lived in. One room in 2bhk costed around 180 USD/m - Bangalore 2020, outskirts in a poor underdeveloped and cramped location. One room in a 3BHK costed 200 USD/m

> - Hyderabad 2018, really really good location. One room in a 3BHK costed me 200 USD/m Looking at the price, I want to ask which Hyderabad? That's very cheap.

To be clear: the whole house costed 600USD. The house was near Kondapur.

Re: Inexpensive Countries Where $2k/Month Buys the Good Life

#18

Post by dismantlethesun »

I’m kind of surprised to not find Ghana on that list. It has all of the benefits of most of those countries but best of all it’s an English speaking country in the British commonwealth. Familiar goods and a familiar language.

Sure you can move to Costa Rica but outside of the tourist zone you’re going to have to learn Spanish.

Re: Inexpensive Countries Where $2k/Month Buys the Good Life

#19

Post by axelroze »

kungito wrote: post #6
pandem wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because the list has 10 countries and 2000 USD a month is enough for a good life in over 150 countries.

Yeah lol you can live pretty nicely even in half of Europe with this

With the exception of super huge cities like Paris, London and Hamburg 2000 USD is enough for a very good life even in western Europe. I lived in a couple of places in Germany, smaller to mid size cities, with an average of around 800 EUR per month in a single room apartment alone plus food and other costs.

Sure 2k will buy you much more in the east than in west but one really must have the aptitude to live in a place that is very corrupt, psychically and morally dirty, depressing and everyone is super unhappy and always complaining. Wouldn't call that the good life.

Post reply on HN