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I would recommend moving to a country that is less susceptible to this threat.

I left the UK for this reason and live very comfortably on around £15k. I rent a city centre flat with 600 megabit fibre and really good amenities. I have time and space to build what I want.

"Give me the place to stand, and I shall move the earth." - Archimedes.

Unfortunately in the UK it's really hard to survive, let alone actually have time to do anything meaningful. I don't know if it's engineered by big tech/property/finance or some other demon. Maybe the monster in qntm's "There is no Anitmemetics Division" is allegorical.



Where did you move to?

That said, the real point is paying off your mortgage (or getting fixed low interest). With no mortgage I could almost live on that little in Sweden.


Malaysia. It's not going to be cheap for long here though, they're really positioning themselves as a tech hub and I think they'll do well.

Utilities are particularly cheap here, I pay around £10 per month for water and electricity. Many working people live on around RM3000 or about £550 a month here.




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