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[quote=Anonymous]So here's the prob with living anywhere in US even if a better/lower COL...  healthcare.

Apples to apples, it doesn't matter how low your living expenses are in the US, it will ALWAYS still be significantly higher because of privatized healthcare.

Also culturally, around the country, how they dine and live is always less $ than American lifestyles. If you don't live in a major metro city that has a robust public transport system, you're driving a car meaning car insurance + car expenses.  It's about the cost of groceries and dining out.  In many parts of the world, they aren't set up like our traditional markets where you shop for a week's worth of groceries in a day.  The whole culture of dining is different.

Many parts of the world subsidize childcare in one way or another whether daycare or by parental family holiday leave and/or education.  I tell you all as the mom of 2 kids- in the US, the cost of raising kids is a deal killer to leave as I'm like a walking ATM for my kids with their school activities, medical appts and follow up (braces, sick visits, anything!) and summer camps.  It's just crazy $$$ to have kids in the US.  If your kid has any disability incl learning like dyslexia, ADHD, needs more tutoring at school - forget about it! :)

So it's not an out moving to Indy or Mississippi.  It's about leaving the American lifestyle. It's really as simple as that of you look at how much just goes into having a life in US.  When you go to any other part of the world, while taxes may take a certain toll, overall, the standard of living is still different enough that you really don't require as much.  When Americans talk about how much "better" life is in US because it's a richer country, it's not about being rich as it's about do many opportunities to live a certain lifestyle.  It is more convenient to drive, have 50 brands to shop for, go to a big ass grocery store daily and get everything you need for a wk.  it's easier having a big house, etc. but it's expensive.

The US is the BEST place to live for the rich because it's the easiest lifestyle to live but being poor in other places is the easiest because it's about a simple lifestyle.  You just don't need as much and it'll always be less than what you find in US.[/quote]

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