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I live in Budapest, my salary is around $53K. My wife doesn't work (although she does get maternity benefits which come to around 650USD/mo. I live a comfortab
by d1sxeyes 3y ago
I live in Budapest, my salary is around $53K. My wife doesn't work (although she does get maternity benefits which come to around 650USD/mo.
I live a comfortable life. I rent a flat in the city centre which is big enough for me, my wife, and my son. We eat out. We travel abroad about once per quarter (UK, Switzerland mostly). I wouldn't call Budapest 'bumfuck nowhere', and I don't think there are many significant compromises on my quality of life. The one concession I would make is that we don't have a car, it's just unnecessary.
We could easily get by on my salary alone just by reducing the frequency of our travels to three times a year, but as my family lives outside Hungary, we don't. There aren't many folks anywhere in the world who could say that they can support a family on a single income.
- hedgehog0 3y agoI miss Budapest. How would you say the business environment and software business or startup scene in Budapest?
- d1sxeyes 3y agoHonestly, I wouldn’t know. I work in one of the big SSCs here, and I’m not really involved in the software startup scene here.
- trilbyglens 3y agoI'd imagine it being fairly sad. I live in the Czech republic and it's a lively scene, but just leagues away from a place like London or SV. Small country, bubble universe effect, small thinking, for the most part. Many founders aim at the local market, which is tiny, because they can't imagine competing with western companies (when they totally could).