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metralo posted...

then move to somewhere that isn't literally stealing from you? if you can't get by on 5k a month by yourself then you live in a problematic area

I mean living by yourself is easy. I live in Seoul (a pretty pricey place) and I'm making roughly 5k a month post tax, so it's very doable for me, but I couldn't imagine trying to raise a child in this economy. And yeah, I could simply just move somewhere where it's cheaper, but there's so much you have to trade off permanently for that, while with the 50k a month, any sacrifices made are temporary.

You certainly can retire with 5k a month, but the point is you have so much less freedom in the long run