Originally posted by playaccount141 at 9/16/18 12:53 AM
can probably spend $30-$40K per year comfortably in the new country.
Just a thought exercise on this as I'm curious about Thailand, or specifically Bangkok.
- $40k USD = 1,301,400 THB. Or 108,450 THB per month.
- A lot of expats seem to live around Ekkamai. I'm seeing monthly rent from 20k to 45k. Let's just say you want a comfortable place which ends up at 25k.
- Daily meals can range from 150 to over 1,000. Portion sizes in Thailand are half what you get in America, so you'll want to budget a little higher. You'll also want to eat out at a nice place now and then because you want Western food and not be eating Thai street food all the time. Conservatively 20k a month. The Westerner's budget/spending for food is way, way higher than local Thais.
- A regular freelancer can be 2k per session. We'll say that girls honestly like you more than most guys and you manage to get it down to 1k per meeting (sometimes paying for the session and sometimes for free but covering meals and taxi but it all averages out). You're a horndog so three times a week works out to 12k.
- Hitting the bars and adult entertainment districts. Really everything for personal entertainment. 8k a month.
- Miscellaneous expenses like home electricity, transportation, mobile phone, clothes, etc. we'll say 1k a month.
66k THB per month conservatively. Not bad! Though that's still A LOT of money being spent each month compared to local Thais. |
