Thirdie asks the spoiled middle class brats of reddit why they want to leave the developed world .

$5mil is more than they're talking about, that's definitely above middle class in terms of living, at a 3% withdrawal rate that's $150k a year, more than enough to retire in America. They're talking more like retiring in a third world country on 1mil or even less where the alternative is not retiring in America

Let's talk about, say, net worth of $5mil

Who's talking about that level of wealth? I'm talking about middle-class

You'll be way safer in the US or some other developed country than in a third world shithole

There are many South American cities which are safer than large American metro areas, especially in the Southern Cone.

and your food options will probably be more limited, simply because in a developed country you can buy basically any food you want from around the globe

You first cited Argentina which is the most terrible example for having "lack of food options" lol. Same for Brazil, cities like São Paulo and Buenos Aires have everything.

Your utilities will probably not be as stable as in a developed country and general construction quality is definitely poorer

The construction industry here is subjected to many rules and international standards, same for materials and especially if you can afford them.

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Lmbo at $5M you can't both buy a house and retire, at least not in a real city. A shack will cost you half of that and then you're paying 50k/year just in property taxes.

I think more reasonable people would move to American expat communities in places like Portugal, Belize, Vietnam, or wherever. The advantages would be in numbers. There are Americans to meet and talk to, infrastructure would be kept up to decent standards, companies are used to shipping products there, and it would be an international incident if anyone tried to target that many people with serious crime or whatever.

Of course I'm not sure how long this will stay cheaper than living in America as more and more people get the idea.

Everyone ogles me and immediately pegs me

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Meh, wealth is overrated.

Lmao. I don't think you'll ever hear a poor person saying that. Much less someone who came from poverty but is now middle-class or rich.

while I avoid going out in Manila alone to avoid the offers and temptation.

not beating the yellow fever allegations

that said kino line about the blind beggar

Holy shit you're a Filipinx, that explains so much lmao.

Crime is concentrated in certain cities/states and countries. Peru for instance is a very safe country with a very low homicide rate (much lower than the US) despite being poorer than the state of Rio de Janeiro. The city of São Paulo is quite safe, I mean you need precautions as in any big metropolis but it's comparable to any major American metro area. And the Southern Cone is all safe, you can walk on the streets of Buenos Aires and Santiago at night without being afraid of nothing.

You don't need to move to Fortaleza or San Pedro Sula in Honduras.

South America is not short of white people though, lmao.

You could be blonde and blue-eyed and no one would take you for a foreigner where I live unless you talk.

Grats, you learned why representation and diversity are important.