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I agree with you on all points. The guy is on top of a pyramid scheme where there's only room for a few. However, it is posible to live a quality life in third
by duopixel 15y ago
I agree with you on all points. The guy is on top of a pyramid scheme where there's only room for a few. However, it is posible to live a quality life in third world countries. This was the view of an apartment I had in Puerto Vallarta: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dfmedrano/377695445/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/dfmedrano/377695445/in/photostr.... I shared it with two friends. Price per person? $200/mo. My total expenses were perhaps $1000/mo (five years ago). Today, I'm paying that amount for a tiny apartment in downtown Toronto.
Think of it like this: if you have a steady income in USD that can be generated at a distance, your quality of life can be orders of magnitude better.
- dillona 15y agoIf I may ask, why did you give it up?
- duopixel 15y agoI grew up in Mexico, and I had more interesting professional development opportunities in Spain, and later Canada. I've actually saved enough for a two year runaway in Mexico, which I will do in August to create a MVP. Mexico (or any 'third world country') is a great environment to bootstrap, but not to generate income locally. Speaking frankly, not all is great. When you switch your social context entirely you instantly lose all your friends and the safety net you have living close to your family. There's a TED talk that talks about about how people who win the lottery often end up less happy than they were before winning because of different factors, such as moving to a fancy neighborhood with people with whom you share nothing in common. It feels an awful lot like that, except you don't have millions of dollar to cushion your exile. And this goes for both sides (moving to a "better" or "worse" country).