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10k Euro per year is what, 800 Euro per month?

Im in the UK so I work in pounds. 800 Euro = £684.29

I guarantee you that you cannot get house, bills, and food for this amount per month.

I actually think its a pretty smart and cheap way to live if you are young and can handle the requirements.

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I guarantee you that you cannot get house, bills, and food for this amount per month.

That is basically the minimum state pension, which some people do live on, but it is a pretty miserable existence.

also people who are retired _usually_ already own a place to live in so they don't spend money for rent/mortgage. OTOH, a 17yo will probably have less health-related expenses.

That's because they get other benefits. The rent will be paid for with housing benefit. You can't typically get that if you are working age.

I would argue that you probably can, but not anywhere one would actually want to live in or where there is any sort of opportunities. For Finland that level means living in even poorer than average conditions in essentially dead areas.

Also not saying it's a great idea, but a remote worker could live there just fine. Technically, I mean. But why staying in a dead area if you can travel for the same money? So the dead area will probably stay dead... (and let's not get into that)

I said most of Europe, not all of Europe and the UK is known for being one of the most expensive countries in Europe. Same for Scandinavia, Belgium, Netherlands and Denmark.

But there are like 20 other countries in Europe where it is totally possible. Don't judge everything based only on you backyard.

£680 is about what i paid for a room in a HMO 20 miles outside the M25 a decade ago.

Providing German healthcare can keep up with all the antibiotics he'll inevitably need it sounds like a good deal.

do elaborate on the needs for antibiotics

It's not that much cheaper and you also need to factor in the fact that realistically you can't even cook your own food. There are hidden costs.

With a first class ticket you can generally eat for free at the 1st class lounges at the larger train stations.

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