Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The problem with that is that the reason you can live on so little on some countries is that JOBS IN THOSE COUNTRIES PAY VERY LITTLE. Someone with a guaranteed American income (like a retiree with social security and a pension or some savings) can indeed live well in the third world. Us young folks who have to work for a living can't do that. We'd be just as poor in Elbonia as in the US, possibly worse off. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 5/12/12 3:03 PM, "EPL" <manolito at videotron.ca> wrote: >If one feels poor living in a particular country and can find no way out >of >that, the wise thing to do is to move somewhere else where the cost of >living is lower and one's resources go further. > >In some countries, $10 a day buys a more than adequate lifestyle, all >inclusive. In much of the USA or Western Europe, one gets lunch. > >To remain in a wealthy society with the resources of a pauper seems >foolish, >unless one likes that sort of thing. > >One could live quite decently in a poor country for two or three years for >the price of one Leica M Monochrom or a new 50mm Summicron-ASPH, or >whatever. Neither airfare nor batteries included. > >It is probably easier to move one's own location than to revamp a whole >socio-economic system to include everybody who wants in. > >Emanuel >(who was itching to change the subject line) > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information