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I am from India, and here is a suggestion for all them.
In US, your living standard and basic cost is much higher. In India, it is pretty lower....you can not imagine.
For example, for a single family with one children, you can live here in a standard city for as low as $300-$400 per month that includes all basic needs like house rent, food, good quality cloth, shopping, occassional short tour, maintaining your computer, telephone, electricity bill, schooling for your children etc. Still you can buy some insuranceSounds impossible, but true, incredible.
In a metro city, that can be around $500-$600 p/mo.
For your AdSense site, you will get 24 hour wireless internet at 144kbps through mobilephone for as low as $18 per month. Fully mobile across the country. means, you can enjoy your true mobile life (with your laptop) at any city and village in India without disconnection.
24 hour Broadband connection is just around $10-$15 p/mo.
You can get your AdSense check here delivered by DHL or simple post, (if you use Indian address) or as usual, deposit it in your US bank, and access the money here from any ATM. In India, you will find at least one ATM in even a small city.
So think serious, decide yourself, if you earn more than $1000 to $1500 p/mo from AdSense, and come here. You will save a plenty of income each month, so that if even AdSense stops for you, with your gathered money, you can again go back to your country to find a job. But I bet, once you live here, you may not want to return...
So many Americans and Europeans are living a good lige here under ISKCON (search Google), they never return to their home country.
.. to give all your cash away to ISKCON
I've been associated with ISKCON for over 20 years, and never been asked or required to give them my cash or other posessions. Not once.
Back OT. I think I prefer the Rocky Mountains and my motorhome. Cost of living is less than $100 /mo, provided I don't drive anywhere.
OTH, I'm living abroad (Yank in Romania) and it's not that much cheaper then USA. As soon as they find out you are from the West, the prices on everything mysteriously go up or they try to scam you some way. The only thing that is cheap here is booze and cigarettes and I don't drink anymore.
Thanks to Globalization, I doubt many Americans could even afford the plane ticket to travel to India.
Slightly OT: how do you manage your site(s), grandpa? From the motorhome? What hosting and what web connection model do you use? Do you live in your motorhome (24/7/365)?
Do you need a greencard to live/work in india, GuluGulu?
If not for that ISKCON jag I wouldn't have even been in this thread
What type of internet connetion do you use? Something mobile? What are the ~ costs?
Do you need a greencard to live/work in india, GuluGulu?
I like that :) With so many Indians aspiring to green cards in the US is this the start of a reverse flow? :)
I think what you propose is easier said than done. India is one of the most generous countries in the world in terms of refugees accepted per year (Pakistan takes even more refugees and is ranked #1 for this). However, I don't believe India has a very generous immigration policy. Reducing the population has been top of the agenda for most of the five year plans since Independence; the last thing India wants is more people :) There is also the small matter of tax on your income.
As soon as they find out you are from the West, the prices on everything mysteriously go up
There are a lot of places in India that are quiet and crowd free. There are also a lot of places with very pleasant climate: India has a wide range of habitat from from deserts to plains to mountains to coasts. Towns start at sea level and go up to several thousand feet. Dry areas like Rajasthan contrast the world's wettest place: Cherrapunji . There's bound to be somewhere you like.
And the corruption is great. No, seriously! You can actually get things done. Don't like the planning application decision that went against you? Don't like the fact that your licence was taken away because of your medical condition? Don't like the fact that your kid didn't get a place in medical school? No problem. Pay the baksheesh. Yes, it may take some getting used to. :)
Before everyone rushes off to their local Indian embassy/high commission you may want to check out tax, losing your US citizenship etc. I don't believe India has a lot of dual nationality deals with other countries. And be prepared, everyone+dog from your home town will want to visit you for their holidays/vacation*.
Having to translate for the Americans is really becoming a drag! :)
[edited by: oddsod at 12:13 pm (utc) on May 19, 2005]
I am looking for a place with nice and beautiful beaches but were there is also highspeed internet access and some jobs. There should also be a reasonable doctor or hospital and and airport nearby.
On the other hand, as a European, the USA has become a cheap place too. Especially houses are dirt cheap there due to the Iraq war and the worthless dollar. As google pays in dollar it would also be good as u dont need it exchange it
compare to the Euro the Dollar has lost 50% in 4 years.....reminds e of Russian Rubel or the old Italian Lira.
1. Recession in Italy
2. Possible "No" vote in France
3. 10 percent Unemployment in Germany
4. 10 percent Unemployment in France.
I don't know if the dollar will continue to gain, I think it doesn't know where to go, but one thing is for sure, the Euro is over-valued.
If France votes "no" - the Euro will tank.
IMHO
Houses in America are dirt cheap? Someone forgot to tell me! (at least in NY / NJ/ MA / CA/ FL/ etc....and I'm not quite sure how the Iraq war had anything to do with things being cheap.
This is really offtopic but can anyone give me a general idea about the cost of a house in CA/FL and in other parts of the USA?
If France votes "no" - the Euro will tank.
Maybe in the short run; markets don't like uncertainty, and the average currency trader probably doesn't understand that the EU constitution's objectives can easily be accomplished with or without ratification. (The EU was built on a foundation of treaties, agreements, and legislation; if the constitution isn't ratified, we'll just see more of the same.)
For the foreseeable future, I'd put more faith in the euro than in the U.S. dollar, given the current U.S. regime's ballooning deficits and negative balance of trade. The dollar would be in even worse shape than it is if foreign investors (who are financing the deficits) didn't need to keep the dollar shored up to protect their investments.
Still, what does any of this have to do with living in India? Or with AdSense, for that matter? If we're going to talk about currencies, shouldn't we be discussing the rupee? :-)
The average cost of a house on the California coast and in the northeast urban areas from Washington DC to Boston seems to be about $500,000 for an average house. Florida is getting up there too. But if you live outside of a major city, and not on or near the water, you can easily get an average house for about $100,000.
I am guessing that houses in India are much cheaper.
But patriotism aside, I doubt many people would want to move to India or any other foreign country unless there was a huge economic benefit. If nothing else, you would quickly become homesick for the friends and family you left behind.
I'm not quite sure what the Iraq war has to do with housing prices in the US and the prices are not "dirt cheap."
This was an Off Topic thread to begin with, so...
The average cost of a house on the California coast and in the northeast urban areas from Washington DC to Boston seems to be about $500,000 for an average house. Florida is getting up there too. But if you live outside of a major city, and not on or near the water, you can easily get an average house for about $100,000.
You can buy a house for around $3,000,000 at this resort in Sharm El Sheikh <snip>. I used to work at that place in the past.
Perhaps I'll start my own thread (which I wanted to do from long) inviting AdSense movers to come live in my country too.
[edited by: Jenstar at 3:02 pm (utc) on May 19, 2005]
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Also, it's against TOS to put personal urls in the thread.
In India, it is pretty lower....you can not imagine.
I can imagine as I was there on business for a few weeks and had a personal driver the entire time. I took a reasonable amount of money with me and I really had a hard time spending it all.
Everything was cheap, unfortunately I got some nasty bacteria from food toward the end of my stay and my intestines will never be the same.
India gave me a whole new meaning to the phrase "eat and run" :)
also, i don't think that india is for everyone, it takes some serious getting used to, especially for those who are used to a western lifestyle.
Anybody knows places where tax is exempted?
How about MAURITIUS - OH BOY WHAT A PLACE!
One final note, it’s a great experience living in India. Come experience the India, it have modern life which you live in developed nation, dusty villages, natural resources to explore, taboos, traditions, humanity, crime, politics everything you can imagine.
Town population of around 2,000.
one thing is worth mentioning is different life styles with which people live..languages they speak...food habits...you might be knowing languages here change after evey few hundred miles...so we have so many languages spoken ...i know just 2 of those
you all would be treated as if you are Royal Guys over here , most of the people are kind hearted and its would be great fun enjoying sea shores to Goa's beaches to high peaks of himalayas and snow fall of kashmir...its all like heaven
and I am ready to welcome you all when ever you are planning just Sticky me any time and i ll be there standing to welcome you out :)
