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Place suggestions for living below 10k (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by capital55@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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Any of you managed to find a place that has living costs about $10-$15k or lower? I'm looking for a place where:

Preferably English speaking or easy to navigate for an English speaker
High-speed internet (and very very reliable electricity/networking services)
Vegetarian-friendly
Progressive society (places like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, North Korea etc. would be out of question)

Within 2 years or so my financial situation would be much better but I just want to get out of the shithole I live in asap. Would love to hear suggestions from people who actually managed to find such place

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[–] Shiny92@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I'm German/Turkish and Turkey is actually a really good option for you. It's the most progressive country in the middle east by a long shot. I wouldn't compare it to places like Saudi Arabia so if you're able to drop your bias, it could be a great option.

I'd recommend Izmir to you. Second biggest city in Turkey, you'll get by OK with English, 70%+ vote against the current regime regularly, it's got a very modern Westernized populace, right by the Aegean sea and a good airport. Minimum wage in Turkey is 10-15k lira per month. The USD is at 1:30 now so your budget of 10-15k would correspond to 300-450k lira annually, around 3x minimum wage at 30-40k per month. Your biggest expense, rent for a decent apartment in İzmir will probably be 8k or so.