That's very true, I am an example myself of that in these hard times, and I don't even live in a rural area, I live in a big city in the United States yet in a safe area and I'm not even retired yet and I pay $535.00 for my rent per month, I am a member of this couples information because the SLOW TRAVEL is what appeals to me, to be able to see the world by staying in a country for a month or less on a budget is attractive but I could never live in non of these countries long term, maybe mexico cause its just next door, there is really good pros about foreign countries but there is also cons that they don't talk about like bad quality water and very bad air pollution and food poisoning, getting bad fevers because of foreign mosquito bites and many other cons, this type of information is very good and I appreciate it but it is overrated, there are many safe good areas that are golden gems to live in on a budget here in the United States that are in good sized cities that are not over crowded, where drugs and crime and homelessness is not very common, you just have to know where and do your due diligence like I have
@@ccrider8483 but what about healthcare prices? Food prices and quality? Ability to walk anywhere anytime living without a car? I don’t know how anyone can manage living on 2k per month in the US. Do you ever buy new tires for your car? New phone? New clothes? Do you get free food from food banks? I only buy essential groceries and I spend 900 per month on food. Rent in my area is 2k for a studio. Gas, car service, clothing, insurance - I need at least 4k to survive. If I owned a paid-off house and a paid-off car like greedy boomers do - I could survive on 2k in the US living a very boring vanilla life.
Sure, that is their & your choice! A rural US town, with Walmart/Dollartree/thrift shops, country music, pickup trucks, polarized politics, road rage, guns and crime. Or for the Same Money, you are free to try a new life at a higher standard of living in a capital city of a foreign country. We subscribers to Dan and Quiang love to see the choices!
Sounds like the bills are very similar to France except a little more on cell service and then in FR the transit is higher. Could you add some detail on quality for future videos? Cost of food without knowing if it's chemically treated and without some closeups of the market prices as you go through the market doesn't really tell the home economist what they need to know. The details on the transport costs was very helpful. Did you mean to show the FB groups you kept mentioning? It sounded like you thought you had shown it on the screen but I didn't see it so I'm not sure. If you are able to share the ones you like best, that would be lovely. Thank you!
Hello @messyhomestead7320, All of our videos have a webpage that has the information discussed in that video so you don't have to take notes. The link to that web page for this video is the first link in the description below this video. In case you don't know how to find the link, here is a RUclips video teaching how: ruclips.net/video/p4bP4xd7J4s/видео.html Most of our videos have multiple links to important information that will help you save time and money. It is our way of thanking you for watching our videos. So, ... thank you, Dan
Thanks Dan, much appreciated I hadn't looked in to Latvia partly due to some things a Latvian friend who was happy to expatriate to the gulf, but with the low income residency income requirements and ability to travel to other part of the EU seems very much worth considering. Did you happen to get a sense if it would be possible to rent long term without a residence visa? Also how familiar might you be with France? While a bit more costly it seems pretty attractive an livable in many respects.
@@00_UU Thanks, $3k US or Euro is a quite a bit beyond my budget. I've made some vlogger friends in Villefranche-sur-Mer (ruclips.net/video/LDUeanLIxIA/видео.html) and Tim has a small villa overlooking the bay and he says his total spend is about $2400/month and he's eating, traveling and buying some toys. Any ideas if it might be possible to scrape by on less than $2k per month in the south? Tim says no problem up north.
@@jackoneil3933 they key is having property. If he has his own property, then yes - 2k euro should be enough for a minimalist budget. But why France? Why not retire in Croatia or Montenegro where prices are lower, food is just as good and climate is warm? There are so many options in Europe.
@@VagabondAwake Thanks Dan, Income requirements seem pretty reasonable, but I don't have a good handle on how bureaucratic and complicated it might be to get the visa. As I mentioned in the other reply ,I've befriended some ex-pat Vloggers who love S.E Asia and vlog the French Riviera, and if you get down that way I'd say they would be happy to meet and colab ,and I'd be happy to do an intro. ruclips.net/video/LDUeanLIxIA/видео.html a
Great Vid Brother! The details of the retirement visa sound really attractive. So glad you are doing the Baltic nations!! Please include Lithuania even if not as detailed!! Special mention to Qiang of her beautiful smile throughout this presentation. She looks really delighted in Riga
@@RobertKentucky Robert! TY for the info! How about you? Where you checking out or visited? I'm in Mexico atm. But have a powerful wanderlust building!! Meanwhile, this guy, this Dan and his (literal) supermodel girlfriend keep adding choices!! haha.
Yes, that is what my research seems to indicate Formica. I keep wondering when the world will start trying to compete for the overseas retiree pension (retiree) money. It seems like a way to prop up economies.
@@VagabondAwake I think overseas retirement is still for adventurers, people who have traveled a lot during their life. Especially for Americans, less for Europeans who can easily experience other cultures. Amazing there are 1.7 - 2 million American retirees in Mexico, with all its issues (violent crime, cartels, open poverty). Those expats are doing a good bit of economy-propping up. Home prices in Baja are crazy high.
I went to Riga while on a Baltic Cruise in August 2015 for a day or two. It was quaint, but I think it would get quite board quickly and I don't think I would enjoy the winter, but I could see being their for a month.
Hey Dan, here's a suggestion. Have a ranking systems for places like Riga/Latvia. For instance, You say in this video that it ranks a medium. So, it would be nice to see your ranking of high, medium and low including corresponding affordability. I am confident a lot of your subscribers would pay for such a service. I know I would. Just food for thought.
Give me an example of how you think it should be presented? You mean like in a spread sheet or something? Send me an email. vagabondbuddha.com/contact/
@@VagabondAwake Yes, kinda like a spreadsheet. Sent you an email on your link with details. Created a template for you but the link wouldn't let me attach or paste it. You are doing all this effort for the rest of us, I am sure most of us would be willing to shell out a couple of bucks for these rankings.
@@VagabondAwake semi rural but only 5 miles to town my rent is 500 a month electric is approx 50 a month council tax one hundred so about 650 a month for rent and utilities
looks like a good place to stay for a westener , i dream of retiring early by living on a budget and looked intoo thailand vietnam , phillipines , poland , belarus , malta , greece all of these are cheaper overall compared to the netherlands varying from 25 to 50 percent cheaper but im not sure if i could live there happily , biggest thing for me would be if i can get by speaking english german or dutch , the type of foods available , internet , transportation , overall weather , general cleanliness and health insurance/distance to heathcare i know that once i have the funds to retire those funds can schrink dramaticly if i get ill the heath insurance in thailand for expats is pretty steap and excisting heathissues (like diabetic astma or hearth disease) whont get insured im invested some in crypto and depending on how "rich" i end up i might decide on a cheap "homebase" country and travel other places from there , definetely whont stay in the netherlands if i can help it as im not dependant on staying there and the taxes fines and general way the goverment acts on wishes of the people and encoach on youre freedom or block ways to improve youre quality of life with new rules and regulations just rub me the wrong way
Keep bringing hidden gems! Latvia is amazing and so cheap.
Will do! :-)
Great stuff!! Thanks
Glad you liked it!
280 per month for utilities? Geeze... That's really high..
@@taccntb4345 lol. That's half my electricity bill
@@taccntb4345 compared to...?
How big a place do you need? The place we show in the video we would get would only be about $160 per month.
It seems to me that a person could live in many rural areas here in the USA on a similar budget ($2000-3000 per-month). I know many who live on less.
That's very true, I am an example myself of that in these hard times, and I don't even live in a rural area, I live in a big city in the United States yet in a safe area and I'm not even retired yet and I pay $535.00 for my rent per month, I am a member of this couples information because the SLOW TRAVEL is what appeals to me, to be able to see the world by staying in a country for a month or less on a budget is attractive but I could never live in non of these countries long term, maybe mexico cause its just next door, there is really good pros about foreign countries but there is also cons that they don't talk about like bad quality water and very bad air pollution and food poisoning, getting bad fevers because of foreign mosquito bites and many other cons, this type of information is very good and I appreciate it but it is overrated, there are many safe good areas that are golden gems to live in on a budget here in the United States that are in good sized cities that are not over crowded, where drugs and crime and homelessness is not very common, you just have to know where and do your due diligence like I have
@@ccrider8483 but what about healthcare prices? Food prices and quality? Ability to walk anywhere anytime living without a car? I don’t know how anyone can manage living on 2k per month in the US. Do you ever buy new tires for your car? New phone? New clothes? Do you get free food from food banks? I only buy essential groceries and I spend 900 per month on food. Rent in my area is 2k for a studio. Gas, car service, clothing, insurance - I need at least 4k to survive. If I owned a paid-off house and a paid-off car like greedy boomers do - I could survive on 2k in the US living a very boring vanilla life.
@@00_UUyou mean “greedy boomers” who worked all their lives to pay off their mortgage?
Sure, that is their & your choice! A rural US town, with Walmart/Dollartree/thrift shops, country music, pickup trucks, polarized politics, road rage, guns and crime. Or for the Same Money, you are free to try a new life at a higher standard of living in a capital city of a foreign country. We subscribers to Dan and Quiang love to see the choices!
@@formica. perfect! I could not have had summarized it better. You get culture in Europe - sophisticated life that no rural America can offer.
Love your videos !
Great video. Riga is a charming town but prices have gone up dramatically since I visited. Hopefully it won’t turn into another Costa Rica.
Your the best 😊
Could you show some of the apartment interiors for the range of rents, please? Or give some square-footage, at least?
Thanks for the ideas. :-)
Dan, we love your video as they are incredibly informative. However we would appreciate map so as to picture exactly where you are .
You can copy and paste the name. RIGA LATVIA intoa map program and it will take you right to it.
Thanks for sharing.
Sounds like the bills are very similar to France except a little more on cell service and then in FR the transit is higher. Could you add some detail on quality for future videos? Cost of food without knowing if it's chemically treated and without some closeups of the market prices as you go through the market doesn't really tell the home economist what they need to know. The details on the transport costs was very helpful.
Did you mean to show the FB groups you kept mentioning? It sounded like you thought you had shown it on the screen but I didn't see it so I'm not sure. If you are able to share the ones you like best, that would be lovely. Thank you!
Hello @messyhomestead7320, All of our videos have a webpage that has the information discussed in that video so you don't have to take notes. The link to that web page for this video is the first link in the description below this video.
In case you don't know how to find the link, here is a RUclips video teaching how:
ruclips.net/video/p4bP4xd7J4s/видео.html
Most of our videos have multiple links to important information that will help you save time and money. It is our way of thanking you for watching our videos.
So, ... thank you, Dan
Riga looks really amazing
Thanks Dan, much appreciated I hadn't looked in to Latvia partly due to some things a Latvian friend who was happy to expatriate to the gulf, but with the low income residency income requirements and ability to travel to other part of the EU seems very much worth considering. Did you happen to get a sense if it would be possible to rent long term without a residence visa?
Also how familiar might you be with France? While a bit more costly it seems pretty attractive an livable in many respects.
France is great and pretty cheap. 3k per month will get you a great life outside of large cities in France.
I have been to several spot sin France and enjoyed it quite a bit. But that was before I started this channel so I don't have any data on it yet. :-)
@@00_UU Thanks, $3k US or Euro is a quite a bit beyond my budget. I've made some vlogger friends in Villefranche-sur-Mer (ruclips.net/video/LDUeanLIxIA/видео.html) and Tim has a small villa overlooking the bay and he says his total spend is about $2400/month and he's eating, traveling and buying some toys. Any ideas if it might be possible to scrape by on less than $2k per month in the south? Tim says no problem up north.
@@jackoneil3933 they key is having property. If he has his own property, then yes - 2k euro should be enough for a minimalist budget. But why France? Why not retire in Croatia or Montenegro where prices are lower, food is just as good and climate is warm? There are so many options in Europe.
@@VagabondAwake Thanks Dan, Income requirements seem pretty reasonable, but I don't have a good handle on how bureaucratic and complicated it might be to get the visa.
As I mentioned in the other reply ,I've befriended some ex-pat Vloggers who love S.E Asia and vlog the French Riviera, and if you get down that way I'd say they would be happy to meet and colab ,and I'd be happy to do an intro.
ruclips.net/video/LDUeanLIxIA/видео.html a
Great Vid Brother! The details of the retirement visa sound really attractive. So glad you are doing the Baltic nations!! Please include Lithuania even if not as detailed!! Special mention to Qiang of her beautiful smile throughout this presentation. She looks really delighted in Riga
Thanks Tim. Stay tuned!
Lithuania doesn't have retirement visa, unless you are Russian 😅
@@RobertKentucky Robert! TY for the info! How about you? Where you checking out or visited? I'm in Mexico atm. But have a powerful wanderlust building!! Meanwhile, this guy, this Dan and his (literal) supermodel girlfriend keep adding choices!! haha.
Poland is even cheaper but standard of living is higher.
Hmm, i mean it depends on where in both countries, pretty similar imo
@@theworldisyours360 don’t tell them. Poland is one of the best countries in the world right now, but keep it a secret
I love Poland. Stay tuned.
Poland is about the same. But Poland doesn't have retirement visa 😊
This is an eye-opening review. Even at $2000 a month, I didn't think that possible in Western Europe. Plus you get schengen visa freedom. Thx!
Yes, that is what my research seems to indicate Formica. I keep wondering when the world will start trying to compete for the overseas retiree pension (retiree) money. It seems like a way to prop up economies.
@@VagabondAwake I think overseas retirement is still for adventurers, people who have traveled a lot during their life. Especially for Americans, less for Europeans who can easily experience other cultures.
Amazing there are 1.7 - 2 million American retirees in Mexico, with all its issues (violent crime, cartels, open poverty). Those expats are doing a good bit of economy-propping up. Home prices in Baja are crazy high.
I went to Riga while on a Baltic Cruise in August 2015 for a day or two. It was quaint, but I think it would get quite board quickly and I don't think I would enjoy the winter, but I could see being their for a month.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Only boring people get bored
Hey Dan, here's a suggestion. Have a ranking systems for places like Riga/Latvia. For instance, You say in this video that it ranks a medium. So, it would be nice to see your ranking of high, medium and low including corresponding affordability. I am confident a lot of your subscribers would pay for such a service. I know I would. Just food for thought.
Give me an example of how you think it should be presented? You mean like in a spread sheet or something? Send me an email.
vagabondbuddha.com/contact/
@@VagabondAwake Yes, kinda like a spreadsheet. Sent you an email on your link with details. Created a template for you but the link wouldn't let me attach or paste it. You are doing all this effort for the rest of us, I am sure most of us would be willing to shell out a couple of bucks for these rankings.
Wow that’s expensive I pay less than that to live in the uk
Do you live in a rural area? What are your living costs?
@@VagabondAwake semi rural but only 5 miles to town my rent is 500 a month electric is approx 50 a month council tax one hundred so about 650 a month for rent and utilities
Not inexpensive but it sounds amazing to be honest. How is the yearly weather?
We cover weather in the video. :-)
looks like a good place to stay for a westener , i dream of retiring early by living on a budget and looked intoo thailand vietnam , phillipines , poland , belarus , malta , greece all of these are cheaper overall compared to the netherlands varying from 25 to 50 percent cheaper but im not sure if i could live there happily , biggest thing for me would be if i can get by speaking english german or dutch , the type of foods available , internet , transportation , overall weather , general cleanliness and health insurance/distance to heathcare
i know that once i have the funds to retire those funds can schrink dramaticly if i get ill the heath insurance in thailand for expats is pretty steap and excisting heathissues (like diabetic astma or hearth disease) whont get insured
im invested some in crypto and depending on how "rich" i end up i might decide on a cheap "homebase" country and travel other places from there , definetely whont stay in the netherlands if i can help it as im not dependant on staying there and the taxes fines and general way the goverment acts on wishes of the people and encoach on youre freedom or block ways to improve youre quality of life with new rules and regulations just rub me the wrong way
Those are all important things to consider. :-)
isnt Latvia where Dr. Doom is from??
According to Google he is from somewhere else-- Latveria. lol.
@@VagabondAwake lol. Are you a Marvel fan?
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