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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

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, 2013, Very simple Shared Apartment: 270 Euros/m. - Medellin, 2014, Simple shared house, $250 USD/m - Lisbon, 2014, Reasonably nice Shared Apartment, 330 Euros/m - San Pedro La Laguna Guatemala, 2014, basic 1br Apartment, $180 USD/m - Santiago, 2015-2017, A few nice 1br apartments, about $700-$780 USD/m I'm now back in Australia and paying $1350 AUD/m (about $1050 USD give or take) for an unfurnished one bedroom in South Yarra, which is one of the best neighbourhoods in Melbourne to live.

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ir123 5y ago
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
- baybal2 5y ago
  > - 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.
  - ir123 5y ago
    To be clear: the whole house costed 600USD. The house was near Kondapur.
- liveinspain 5y ago
  Wow. Honestly, thought it would be a bit cheaper than this.
mardifoufs 5y ago
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.
baybal2 5y ago
- 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.

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ir123 5y ago

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

baybal2 5y ago
> - 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.
- ir123 5y ago
  To be clear: the whole house costed 600USD. The house was near Kondapur.
liveinspain 5y ago
Wow. Honestly, thought it would be a bit cheaper than this.

mardifoufs 5y ago

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.

baybal2 5y ago

- 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.