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Random tangential thought: There are many areas in the world where you can eat a lot more than this for $3 a day. I lived on $2/day in India for a year (was wo
by pitdesi 16y ago
Random tangential thought:
There are many areas in the world where you can eat a lot more than this for $3 a day. I lived on $2/day in India for a year (was working in microfinance and wanted to live like my borrowers). I got full vegetarian meals made for me in a major city (Ahmedabad) at that price.
Something to consider.
- photophotoplasm 16y agoYes, but farmers in America generally aren't content with living on the same income as a farmer in India, so we need to pay more.
- Johngibb 16y agoThis metric isn't really useful unless you can account for the different buying power of the dollar in a country like India vs. US.
- Johngibb 16y agoIt looks like the average software developer makes about 7400 USD a year in India [1]. Assuming a reasonable average is 60k in USA, that's about an 8x salary difference, meaning spending $2/day on food in India is something like $16/day in USA. 1: http://www.payscale.com/research/IN/Country=India/Salary http://www.payscale.com/research/IN/Country=India/Salary, 328,379 rupees is approx = 7400 USD
- pitdesi 16y agoIt is useful because in our global world you can often live anywhere for certain jobs (at FeeFighters, our designer is in Bulgaria, for example)... There are many opportunities to earn in USD while living abroad.