You may have an excellent point about the costs/benefits of your perception of working in the US. I don’t think you have much of a point about actually working in the US, and that’s what all these comments are getting at. Even at much lower salaries, it isn’t that hard to save a lot of money if you care to. (I’ll throw in my own data point: my last serious job before law school gave me about 50k a year in disposable income, working 20 hours a week.)
While I’m at it, “time consuming bargain hunting, self-denial, and tax evasion” are all rather prominent parts of your own plan. You’re moving across the globe to find cheap living. You’re living in the middle of nowhere, with undoubtedly limited access to goods and services. And you’re evading paying US taxes (or maybe you actually have to pay them on your return; I don’t know). Plus, you’re working in a job that has no real benefit for your future career, away from friends and family. I laud the suggestion for people to do something different and potentially lucrative, but methinks you’re weighing options on less-than-accurate scales here.
You may have an excellent point about the costs/benefits of your perception of working in the US. I don’t think you have much of a point about actually working in the US, and that’s what all these comments are getting at. Even at much lower salaries, it isn’t that hard to save a lot of money if you care to. (I’ll throw in my own data point: my last serious job before law school gave me about 50k a year in disposable income, working 20 hours a week.)
While I’m at it, “time consuming bargain hunting, self-denial, and tax evasion” are all rather prominent parts of your own plan. You’re moving across the globe to find cheap living. You’re living in the middle of nowhere, with undoubtedly limited access to goods and services. And you’re evading paying US taxes (or maybe you actually have to pay them on your return; I don’t know). Plus, you’re working in a job that has no real benefit for your future career, away from friends and family. I laud the suggestion for people to do something different and potentially lucrative, but methinks you’re weighing options on less-than-accurate scales here.