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Meet Mr. Money Mustache, the man who retired at 30

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Post by kragen »

jamesaguilar wrote: post #215
kragen wrote: post #212

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Poverty isn't a consumption level; poverty is when you're on the edge of losing everything.

I appreciate that you have your own personal definition. Mine is the one the US government uses.

Fortunately, despite your apparent wishes, you do not yet live in an authoritarian regime where the meaning of words is defined by the government. I recommend you switch to using the definition used by other speakers of English so you can participate productively in conversations about the issue.

Re: Meet Mr. Money Mustache, the man who retired at 30

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Post by GFischer »

aliston wrote: post #247
tomp wrote: post #239

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I'm very curious about how you traveled for so cheap in South America. Could I ask you to elaborate? What did you do, mainly (sleep in hotels, stay in appartments in cities, travel around by bus/car/bicycle, backpack and sleep in tents, ...)?

Based on what I saw traveling through South America for 5 months, $500 would be a stretch in Chile, Argentina or Brazil. A hostel or a really cheap apartment would probably be 2/3rds of that alone... especially as a white dude. You might be able to swing it in a place like rural Bolivia or an (for lack of a better work) economically depressed country in Central America (Panama, Guatemala), but I wouldn't really want…

It is HIGHLY variable. A few years ago, Brazil was dirt cheap. Now, U$ 500 on Argentina would go a LONG way and will definitely get you there (if you avoid the "official" exchange rate) but Brazil is really expensive now and doesn't sound doable on U$ 500.

It fluctuates :)

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