Couple's Life in Vietnam: Shockingly Affordable vs. North America!

Couple you scale up but not Couple you scale up but not proportionally. Two bedrooms, slightly proportionally. Two bedrooms, slightly proportionally. Two bedrooms, slightly more on food, same transport savings, more on food, same transport savings, more on food, same transport savings, same health care structure. A couple can same health care structure. A couple can same health care structure. A couple can live very well here for 2,500 to 3,000 a live very well here for 2,500 to 3,000 a live very well here for 2,500 to 3,000 a month. Very well. I have members of my month. Very well. I have members of my month. Very well. I have members of my community doing it for much less who do community doing it for much less who do community doing it for much less who do not feel deprived. Single retired guys not feel deprived. Single retired guys not feel deprived. Single retired guys living on way less. Compare that to what living on way less. Compare that to what living on way less. Compare that to what a couple would spend trying to have a a couple would spend trying to have a a couple would spend trying to have a reasonable life in any North American reasonable life in any North American reasonable life in any North American city right now, including my old home city right now, including my old home city right now, including my old home Mexico City, you're talking 5,000, Mexico City, you're talking 5,000, Mexico City, you're talking 5,000, 6,000, 7,000 dollars a month as a 6,000, 7,000 dollars a month as a 6,000, 7,000 dollars a month as a baseline floor before any savings or baseline floor before any savings or baseline floor before any savings or extravagance. That math doesn't require extravagance. That math doesn't require extravagance. That math doesn't require a calculator, it just requires a a calculator, it just requires a a calculator, it just requires a willingness to look it up. You know, you willingness to look it up. You know, you willingness to look it up. You know, you can go [snorts] on Numbeo and compare can go [snorts] on Numbeo and compare can go [snorts] on Numbeo and compare your city's cost of living to mine. I your city's cost of living to mine. I your city's cost of living to mine. I can flash some of that data right here, can flash some of that data right here, can flash some of that data right here, right now. The money is real and it matters, and The money is real and it matters, and I'm always going to give you the I'm always going to give you the I'm always going to give you the numbers. I'm into that, I like that numbers. I'm into that, I like that numbers. I'm into that, I like that stuff on this channel, but the money is stuff on this channel, but the money is stuff on this channel, but the money is honestly not the deepest reason I'm honestly not the deepest reason I'm honestly not the deepest reason I'm here. It's not the real reason why I here. It's not the real reason why I here. It's not the real reason why I can't afford to go back. And I I can't I can't afford to go back. And I I can't I can't afford to go back. And I I can't I mean I can't even imagine at this point.

mean I can't even imagine at this point. mean I can't even imagine at this point. So, let's talk about the other stuff, So, let's talk about the other stuff, So, let's talk about the other stuff, the stuff that I didn't necessarily the stuff that I didn't necessarily the stuff that I didn't necessarily anticipate, the stuff that snuck up on anticipate, the stuff that snuck up on anticipate, the stuff that snuck up on me over years and just recalibrated my me over years and just recalibrated my me over years and just recalibrated my existence and life and ultimately my existence and life and ultimately my existence and life and ultimately my mindset. The first thing is the winter. mindset. The first thing is the winter. mindset. The first thing is the winter. I know it sounds simple, it sounds I know it sounds simple, it sounds I know it sounds simple, it sounds yadda yadda. When I told myself yadda yadda. When I told myself yadda yadda. When I told myself the weather was just a bonus, side the weather was just a bonus, side the weather was just a bonus, side effect of the real financial decision, effect of the real financial decision, effect of the real financial decision, but after skipping almost two decades of but after skipping almost two decades of but after skipping almost two decades of winters, I have a very significantly winters, I have a very significantly winters, I have a very significantly different view.