Amount needed to comfortably live anywhere in Taiwan?

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Amount needed to live comfortable anywhere in Taiwan including rent,food,electricity etc?

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Let me be first before this thread blows up

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You need to be more specific about location for this thread to have any value.

Guy

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Also, you need to define ‘comfortably’.

For example, is a traditional unrefurbished apartment in a walkup five-floor building comfortable? How about a typical roof-top apartment with tin roof?

Is Taiwanese food ok for 90% of your meals? Do you want any night life?

In other words, are we talking Taiwanese comfortable or North American/Japan/Europe comfortable?

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That first what? :runaway:

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80k a month.

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For me, US$5000 a month which includes my overseas vacations and trips. I don’t rent or have a mortgage or car payments, no kids. Got a great wife though.

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Of course taiwanese

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USD 5k/mo is a good amount as long as no mortgage, car loan, save decently and can have good satisfaction

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If you have 5 kids who all need to be sent to TAS followed by expensive international university tuition, and a wife who doesn’t work and likes vacations and shopping, I think you will need about 1.4 million TWD per month in Taipei to live comfortably

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JimBob, I think you need a beer or 2 tonight.
:beers:

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Savings for two grandkids US$5k a month not included lol

It’s why I’m a pauper.

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NT$ 70,000 per month. You will be more comfortable in other parts of Taiwan ex-Taipei. While you can live on less in Taipei, I don’t really see the point.

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I’m Taiwanese.

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To reference @the_bear, I believe even the most remote peoples in the amazon are well aware of this fact by now.

Guy

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How long before a piece of string becomes explosive? I would say it depends on how you are measuring it. Define blows up? Overall on the balance of it I think the previous estimate of about 70,000 posts per month is a reasonable figure for most peoples definitions and by Taiwanese standards it would be a comfortable debate for a single person, or a frugal one for a small family. If you are looking for Inner Mongolian standards you may struggle however as I hear that the yurts and the milk are both relatively expensive in Taiwan.

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Define comfortable.

I’d say if you’re making median income, which seems to be a little under about 80,000nt a month, I think that’s actually pretty good (though this is counting household income, not individual income).

I mean it’s all down to your financial management ability isn’t it?

If you mean enough to do overseas travel several times a year, then the sky’s the limit.

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This sounds about right.

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“Anywhere”?! If you look at 591.com, there are homes that are rented for NT$500K/month…

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A modern furnished (?) 2 bedroom apartment in a taiwanese city will cost you at least 25k plus utilities.
Keep that alone in your mind.
Transportation is ridiculous cheap, either public transportation or a scooter.
An own car adds up significantly !
Rest, food, clothing an entertainment decide for yourself

For yourself alone, I agree, 80k would certainly guarantee you a very comfortable life in Taiwan !