Central Japan, too, FWIW. It isn't a life of absurd luxury but sure looks like that to any salaryman.
Same here in France. For the record, we reduced our expenses to one third of what we did before, by moving from Paris to a small village.
What village do you live in and how much do you spend each month more or less if I may ask? How much is needed to live comfortably? I'm thinking of going back to Europe but I'm afraid I may have got completely spoiled at how cheap life is over here in Arequipa, Peru.
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There are plenty of nice places in Texas where 3-6k/mo is good living. Many are even in the cities, away from (most of) the rednecks that create the stereotype.
6k a month in Dallas and Austin is very decent.
It's a nice mid level developer salary down here in NZ too.