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Comment by zaptheimpaler | Hacker News Reader

Skimming, I saw the author lives in India for about $150/month, and made about $200/month previously, maybe a little more now.

I guess its a great option if you live in a low COL country and sell to high COL places, but it won't even cover rent in Mumbai, forget US/EU.

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The guy doing acoup.blog is doing essentially the same thing (free, well-researched historical analysis blogs), and last time I checked he was getting enough in Patreons per month to pay rent in major metropolitan areas in the US. It would be interesting to know where his supporters found him. I think his success is due to being excellent in his field, analyzing both pop-culture for historical accuracy as well as hitting the "maker" demographic with his series on how people made things, being good at showing not only why he thinks his conclusions are correct but always demonstrating how one goes about analyzing the topic, and being very consistent about publishing something every week.

That seems like a super stressful way to make a living.

Most of the people doing Pateron content I know seem to see any growth in income as requiring most of that money to go back into content (better cameras, editing, trips to film interesting content, whatever).

That works great when the trend is upward, but what about when it's flat, or declining?

It’s all relative. I once paid $150/mo for a parking spot. In some places $150/mo would be life changing.

Your parking spot was not in Manhattan..

Seriously, I was thinking "150/month for a parking spot is cheap"

You could go to semi-remote places in India, where Rent + food expenses will be in the ballpark of 120 USD (home cooking, for single person)

Internet is quite fast in most tier-2 and tier-3 towns. 4G costs about 15 USD a month, unlimited data (caps that carry forward)

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