Where could someone comfortably live on $30 a day?

[ianbakewell]

Having a discussion with a friend and we are now trying to find places you could live really comfortably on $30 a day.

Anyone out there done a lot of travel? Lemme know where someone can make the most of their money.

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[beekeeper]

Cambodia?

[AndrewBUD]

Columbia..


Do you mean live well?

Lots of people around me live on welfare around $500-600 month.... rent food...

[AndrewBUD]

Just look at different gas prices around the world.

It will give you an idea of how far a US $1 will go in that part of the world.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Having a discussion with a friend and we are now trying to find places you could live really comfortably on $30 a day.

Anyone out there done a lot of travel? Lemme know where someone can make the most of their money.

In West Tennessee, I know of homes that rent for $200/mo and you're not that far from the nearest Walmart. If one's a smoker, than that's about a $300/mo habit, therefore it's best to not smoke or, for that matter, alcohol or drugs. Raise some chickens, rabbits, and goats, and hunt and fish. Bottom line is that it can be done here in the US. In fact, I was just informed the other day about a campground near me that rents space for only $200/month and that includes electric. Just park you trailer/RV and... Hmmmm! Sounds like a great place to set up a rig or three.

[nobbynobbynoob]

In West Tennessee, I know of homes that rent for $200/mo and you're not that far from the nearest Walmart. If one's a smoker, than that's about a $300/mo habit, therefore it's best to not smoke or, for that matter, alcohol or drugs. Raise some chickens, rabbits, and goats, and hunt and fish. Bottom line is that it can be done here in the US. In fact, I was just informed the other day about a campground near me that rents space for only $200/month and that includes electric. Just park you trailer/RV and... Hmmmm! Sounds like a great place to set up a rig or three.

Good to know all the money printing hasn't hit home yet.

Life in the city really is a rip off, for all the extra amenities it does bring hither.

[benjamindees]

Even in the US, if you take half of that, and invest it up front in a few acres, a small house and some animals somewhere outside a small town in middle America with a decent grocery store nearby, $15 a day would be enough to keep the internet on.  I have no doubt you can find a better deal outside the US.

[QuantumKiwi]

Could easily live on $30 a day here in NZ.

[nobbynobbynoob]

Could easily live on $30 a day here in NZ.

Not in Auckland, you can't. I lived in the Auckland YMCA once, though, and the rent for a cubicle-sized room was $165-170 per week at the time. Right there slap back in the centre of Auckland. I commuted, often on foot, to/from SKYCITY about four nights a week and ground out a (very marginal!) living, such as it was, playing poker. Sometimes I didn't have a NZ visa but I split my time about evenly between Australia and NZ, and became very well known/recognised among the Australasian gaming crowd for a small-time hustler, that is. Oh, to have those simple (not so simple?) days back again!

[01BTC10]

Nepal

[nobbynobbynoob]

My friends have told me Thailand is good value by western standards.

In the Caribbean you can live cheaply by plucking fruit from the trees - at least until someone gets annoyed at you or wants to rob you and thus hacks your head off with a machete.

[repentance]

Define "live on".  Are we assuming living somewhere permanently or living there temporarily (like the whole back-packing through Asia thing)?  Are we talking about people who are debt-free?  Talking about staying in hotels/hostels or renting a home?  Running a car or using other means of transport?  Including the cost of getting there or not?  What - specifically - do you intend that $30 per day covering?

[CIYAM]

There are plenty of places in China where you can live comfortably for that amount of money.

Even in a big city like Beijing it is not hard to rent a small apartment in a central location for around 3000 RMB per month (which works out to around $16 per day) and you can eat well here for around 50 RMB per day (around $8).

[repentance]

Define "live on".  Are we assuming living somewhere permanently or living there temporarily (like the whole back-packing through Asia thing)?  Are we talking about people who are debt-free?  Talking about staying in hotels/hostels or renting a home?  Running a car or using other means of transport?  Including the cost of getting there or not?  What - specifically - do you intend that $30 per day covering?

You have nothing but what you are wearing and a voucher for a one way trip to anywhere on the planet.

You magically gain the equivalent of $30 USD worth of purchasing power once per day, wherever you end up.

Where do you go?

SE Asia (including Indonesia).  Some of the Pacific Islands also have a low cost of living if you're living like a local but are expensive if you're living there as a tourist.  You could live extremely well in Tonga for $30 per day if you leased a property rather than back-packing.

I'm not familiar with South America myself, but I believe there are parts of South America where you can live very well for very little (by Western standards) as well.

[John (John K.)]

Define "live on".  Are we assuming living somewhere permanently or living there temporarily (like the whole back-packing through Asia thing)?  Are we talking about people who are debt-free?  Talking about staying in hotels/hostels or renting a home?  Running a car or using other means of transport?  Including the cost of getting there or not?  What - specifically - do you intend that $30 per day covering?

You have nothing but what you are wearing and a voucher for a one way trip to anywhere on the planet.

You magically gain the equivalent of $30 USD worth of purchasing power once per day, wherever you end up.

Where do you go?

SE Asia (including Indonesia).  Some of the Pacific Islands also have a low cost of living if you're living like a local but are expensive if you're living there as a tourist.  You could live extremely well in Tonga for $30 per day if you leased a property rather than back-packing.

I'm not familiar with South America myself, but I believe there are parts of South America where you can live very well for very little (by Western standards) as well.

This. Assuming you don't splurge on cigarettes or other money wasting stuff, you could do reasonably well here at Malaysia, Thailand, The Philippines and probably Singapore. Note that $900 a month at Malaysia is the average wage of a fresh graduate with 3-4 years of experience. You probably couldn't get a house/apartment at the major cities though.

[World]

http://trekhard.com/tools/travelcost#eat=18&sleep=25&trek=25&trekfreq=5&balance=13&regions=&pins=
Well,my good experience was in Thailand,Vietnam & Cambogia ,but everything has its plus and minus.

[CIYAM]

...Assuming you don't splurge on cigarettes or other money wasting stuff...

Actually in China cigarettes are dirt cheap (popular local brands go for 5 RMB per pack which is less < $1) as is alcohol (provided you don't buy it in bars which are comparatively expensive).

Also I've met people who have successfully "couch surfed" in Beijing - so I guess you can spend your whole $30 on food, booze and cigarettes if you really want to.

[btcANGEL]

Define "live on".  Are we assuming living somewhere permanently or living there temporarily (like the whole back-packing through Asia thing)?  Are we talking about people who are debt-free?  Talking about staying in hotels/hostels or renting a home?  Running a car or using other means of transport?  Including the cost of getting there or not?  What - specifically - do you intend that $30 per day covering?

You have nothing but what you are wearing and a voucher for a one way trip to anywhere on the planet.

You magically gain the equivalent of $30 USD worth of purchasing power once per day, wherever you end up.

Where do you go?

To a support group for rich¹, gullible men² who have just learned that they have six months³ to live.

If I choose what I'm wearing⁴ carefully, I may not even need a magic allowance.


1) If you're on a couch, he's not rich.
2) Did GLBSE ever finish compiling the list of these?
3) No dying before the next mining hardware release.
4) We can discuss what - specifically - I intend to cover AFTER you sign the marriage paperwork.

[max in montreal]

costa rica

[repentance]

costa rica

Cuba crossed my mind as well.