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It doesn't sound like you want to be rich, it sounds like you want to move to northern Europe, probably Scandanavia.
by yayana 8y ago
It doesn't sound like you want to be rich, it sounds like you want to move to northern Europe, probably Scandanavia.
- freehunter 8y agoWhich you have to be rich (or at least well off by most American standards) to do. To move to Sweden, for example, either you need a salaried job with full benefits (including the health insurance and employer lock-in that the parent is looking to escape from) that's willing to relocate you to Sweden, or you need to have ~$25k in savings (~$35k if you're married, more if you have kids), plus proof of positive cash flow for whatever business you're undertaking in Sweden. And even then, that just lets you live there. You don't become a citizen will full benefits for five years. But once you meet those requirements... you're probably well-off enough that it doesn't matter anymore.
- yayana 8y agoI think most of the people on HN are well off and apparently considering considerable sacrifice over a significant period of time to have odds of getting rich.. When asked why, they need only the things they would get from living 5 years of an imperfectly richer life first? (Is there a probable way to get from an education and/or 25k in the bank to the rest of rich in less than 5 years and/or with better partial benefits during the interval?)