Quote from: Ryu_Ar1 on August 08, 2025, 05:13:36 PM

Quote from: buwaytress on August 08, 2025, 10:47:06 AM

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That same 0.076 would be enough to buy material to build a house where I come from... though not the land. As Lucius points out, you couldn't get a shed for that amount. I've seen parking spaces in my city going for much more than that...
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The conditions are different between your country and mine Cheesy

, so it's only natural that this happens, but if I could choose and had more money, I would obviously want to live in a more developed country

In terms of per capita income and the condition of the country, I don't want to compare, but it's clear that there is a big difference, so it's only natural that prices in my country and in the country where you live are as different as heaven and earth.

I took a huge gamble almost ten years ago, and it almost didn't work out. But I left mine for the one I now reside in -- only as a resident, but purely for the economic bump. P.S. It is the third highest income country in the EU (by purchasing power, not raw numbers which doesn't paint a picture at all), while I come from a country that ranked 90+ globally. In other words, if you earn in a higher country but spend it in a lower country, that heaven and earth becomes heaven and underworld Wink

Bitcoin's effect in these comparisons also multiply in the same way!

Quote from: Lucius on August 09, 2025, 10:32:30 AM

Quote from: buwaytress on August 08, 2025, 10:47:06 AM

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P.S. Lucius if Indonesia price interests you, you will be shocked by its lesser ASEAN neighbours... you do lose out on many things you and I take for granted though like. Healthcare? =) Roads? (clean) running water?

It's clear to me that you always need to look at the bigger picture and the truth is that a nice house doesn't mean much if you don't have all the basic things for life. Here in the EU we take a lot of things for granted, and although there is somewhat free healthcare (it costs around 10 EUR per month in my country), public hospitals are no longer what they once were and people increasingly have to go to private clinics if they don't want to wait 6 months or more than a year for a check-up.

As for water, I and many others don't drink tap water because there are many complaints about its quality, and too much chlorine in it is not good for your health. Honestly, I wouldn't mind living somewhere away from the noise, polluted air, and all the plagues of the modern world, which means I would be willing to give up some of the things that make life more enjoyable.

Yeah. It costs 150e per month here, but if you can't afford it, the state pays. So in other words, it is practically "free" if you're unemployed, or employed properly. Freelancers like me don't get benefits but it's still a good price to pay for health security. It's next to free back home, but without the best facilities and long waiting periods, with overworked doctors (again this is also relative, where I live, overworked means 50-60 hours a week, back home it means 120 hours a week. My doctor friend sleeps 5/6 nights a week in the hospital with triple the workload in my resident country).

Here also chlorine is a big issue, but it's a privilege. In my last country of work, I intentionally added chlorine to my water as the alternative was cholera. I'm in my 40s now and I have about 20% of my classmates already deceased. Average life expectancy is real, something I didn't realise until I met Europeans my age who practically know everyone they grew up with still alive. I found it so strange! Everything is, indeed, relative.