Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They pay very well if you live there. If you keep converting into dollars, it might not seem much. When I was working in Citibank India, I used to earn less than the equivalent of US$10000 per year as a Vice President and a profit centre head for the country, a senior management job. However, I had a 1% lifestyle in India. None of you have initiative, that is the problem, you are all mentally living in the past, in a world that does not exist any more. What is more, you take no steps to find out the actual situation prevalent abroad, and what it means to live there, and just feed off preconceived notions. As I said, learn from generations of Asians and Latinos who uprooted themselves from their comfort zone and emigrated to your country, because they were willing to slog for a better life. Complaining and screaming online will get you nothing but frustration. There is no way the past can be reclaimed, you have to be practical and look to the future. There is no economic free lunch in this world anymore.... Cheers Jayanand On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 1:07 AM, Chris Crawford < chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >