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A night or two in jail doesn't sound the worst for that kind of savings. Especially if you have someone to pay 'rent' for a nicer cell space.
by beaeglebeached 3y ago
A night or two in jail doesn't sound the worst for that kind of savings. Especially if you have someone to pay 'rent' for a nicer cell space.
- herbst 3y agoWhat kind of savings? I live in Switzerland now and barely spend more in a lazy month than I did in 'super cheap thailand'
- beaeglebeached 3y agoNot sure about Thailand but key in Philippines is to go in the village/province where the locals are the primary consumers of housing. It helps if you know local families to keep you from getting ripped off.
- herbst 3y agoI am lazy and a sucker for basic luxury. I tried, and I realize I could be living a lot cheaper. But I highly doubt I can live cheaper anywhere else at the same standard :) However I recommend anyone to find their place and lifestyle and look as far as possible!
- elzbardico 3y agoYeah! Let's internationalize gentrification!!!!
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoProbably because you don't rent in Zurich/Geneva.
- jorvi 3y agoSwitzerland is #2 in the CoL index. Thailand is #94. Not to sound confrontational, but you must be horrible at managing your trip spending.
- herbst 3y agoI know this sounds stupid. However i still paid taxes, health care, a mobile contract, banking, etc in Switzerland. The actual savings should be in living and food. On short term I rarely rented below $800/month for a single room flat. (Vs $1000 for a old house in Switzerland) for food I have to cook myself now Vs. Eating out twice a day in Thailand. Without actually moving and centering your life to a cheap country (and giving up on a lot of luxury and safety) you dont easily safe money. Digital Nomading was an absolute luxury for me. Not a way of saving money (at least looking back)
- beaeglebeached 3y agoUS may actually be cheapest for someone like you. Move to rural Kansas, get a house for like 80k with full utilities, kitchen, and starlink.
- herbst 3y agoMight sound surprising but I am looking at immobilia in some parts of Switzerland at the same price range. I enjoy the good health care, fair taxes and generally the environment. My entertainment (outside of my techy home) is nature now.
- thatfrenchguy 3y agoEh, I don't know, going outside in Switzerland is generally nicer than in Kansas.
- jorvi 3y agoYou are not comparing apples to apples. “Normal” meals in Thailand are food stalls, $2 per meal if not less. If you’d eat out twice a day in Switzerland, you’d go bankrupt. Same with renting. Short term leases in Switzerland would be astronomical in price. The way you air-quoted “super cheap Thailand” implies that it isn’t cheap to live there at all. It is, as long as you don’t go out of your way to spend extra.
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- csomar 3y agoI challenge this as someone who frequents Thailand and the SEA region. You can get a nice condo (short-term airbnb/utilities paid) for $500 or less; only 20 minutes from central Bangkok. Sure, more expensive options exist. But comparing Switzerland to Thailand when it comes to living costs is plain ridiculous.
- herbst 3y agoSee my comment below: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39230623 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39230623 As travelling(!) nomad with an effective tax residency in Switzerland other than living cost and food there aren't as many actual saving options. Vs being stational in a country with low tax and a cheap long term rental. For ME the difference isn't very high.
- csomar 3y agoI don’t get it. Most of my expenses are “living costs” and food. You also said you have the same tax residency. May we know what other expenses in Thailand that matches Switzerland (I’d guess some electronics, but these are casual expenses that you can pick up from the duty free). The other possibility is that you are simply spending more in Thailand. I’ve seen some DN who have the same expenses because they get used to going out ever night. But this is an apples to oranges comparison.
- herbst 3y agoBrand electronics and branded imported food is more expensive in Thailand than Switzerland. I went out drinking maybe once a month if at all. However: I eat good and healthy if possible. I love the street food there, but not 2-3 times a day. I am a coffee junkie, coffee to go is generally more expensive as there are no or only expensive imported options in 7/11 and coffee shops are oriented at tourists. I definitely didn't waste money, didn't have any money to waste. All I am telling is that Travelling(!) In a cheap country can be just as expensive than staying(!) Long term in a expensive country
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