Also discussed in this subthread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35344437 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35344437. My take (having been there two wee

Also discussed in this subthread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35344437 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35344437. My take (having been there two weeks and done all the tours and seen all the things) is that you'd need (less than?) half of that income requirement for a normal comfort level that I also have in my home country (currently Germany). It's not a cheap country but 7k/month as "minimum income" is not a requirement out of necessity or kindness.