[iknowexactly]

(11-03-2013 10:24 PM)WestCoast Wrote:  

Finally @iknowexacly I got no idea how leaving the country for better chicks is beta. If you never have to work again for a living why in the world would you stay in the USA? You're well traveled you know better than that.

My passive income is only about 1200-- so I could live in SE Asia I guess but I can't travel anywhere (by air anyway) unless I spend savings (which I recently ran out of, so I'm working) because the flights + deposits on apartments when you hit a 1st world country are at least 3k.

As far as why to stay in the USA, I like to bitch about the cold, shallow women as much as anyone, but this is where the most advanced shit in the world is happening in many fields ( Due to innovation by men hahaah) .

A mile from where I live in Northern California are the most advanced agricultural genetics labs in the world.

Also in areas like innovative music and other technology the US is far ahead of most places. The optimism and risk-tolerance of US artists and technologists far exceeds what I perceived in other countries.

I believe flourishing economies and female bitchiness go hand in hand. It's an insoluble problem really. Women are only nice overseas because they have to be in harsh environments where resources aren't so easily obtained.

But those places also are more difficult to start new artistic and inventive efforts in some ways. People are scared or have bad faith (Ukraine) and assume nothing will work. They think zero-sum.

[GyopoPlayboy]

i think i'm a big spender, and my expenses rarely (read: pretty much never) go beyond $3K/month. and i live in gangnam in seoul which is not a cheap area.

[roid]

(11-04-2013 09:30 AM)GyopoPlayboy Wrote:  

i think i'm a big spender, and my expenses rarely (read: pretty much never) go beyond $3K/month. and i live in gangnam in seoul which is not a cheap area.

be that definition, you are a low spender.

[the_ox]

gangnam is a pretty rich neighborhood right?

I've been spending a lot of money living in São Paulo. Rarely I spend less than U$ 3K, but we receive in Real, not dollars, so it is kinda hard to get more than 5K dollars monthly here in Brazil. Most brazilians receive less than 500 dollars/monthly, 5K is a big miracle

[GyopoPlayboy]

Most foreigners who are single here live on salaries of around 2K/month and still manage to save around half of that, even while going out occasionally, which means they spend only a grand each month.

Spending 3x that is actually quite a lot but I guess its all relative.

Gangnam's rich but its no NYC or even LA in terms of prices. Single studios can still be found for $500/month here.

[roid]

(11-04-2013 04:30 PM)GyopoPlayboy Wrote:  

Most foreigners who are single here live on salaries of around 2K/month and still manage to save around half of that, even while going out occasionally, which means they spend only a grand each month.

Spending 3x that is actually quite a lot but I guess its all relative.

Gangnam's rich but its no NYC or even LA in terms of prices. Single studios can still be found for $500/month here.

Then it's a cheap place to live. I am in Singapore. A studio cost about 4K USD per month.

[GyopoPlayboy]

Well not exactly.

We have a different rental system here when it comes to housing/apartments. Not a good idea to compare prices apples to apples with what ur familiar with in the states.

To rent anything in Korea, you must first put down a deposit. The lowest deposit you can out down is usually around $5,000. Landlords invest this deposit, they dont just hold onto it.

Every extra 5K ur able to give as a deposit reduces your monthly rent.

So in my case, a 30K deposit reduced my rent enormously.

To my knowledge, Korea is the only country that does this. We've got a handful of Rooshers in Asia. Maybe they'll know more about this than me.