I think that going 5 people to another country to live together is more typical of 20-somethings, if you're over 40 or 50 I don't see it.
I see your point, but there have got to be plenty of bitcoiners over the age of 40 who are disenchanted with their country and their government, who have few attachments as far as family or friends, and who'd love the adventure of something like I'm hypothetically suggesting.
If it was me who was the >40 guy in the group, I'd just insist on a basement apartment and mostly keep to myself, only bobbing my head up to socialize with my younger team members. And I can pretty much guarantee you the climate--and I'm talking about the weather here--would be so much better than where I live now.
In my case, hypothetically, ifI went to another country I would take savings with me, because apart from the weekly expenses you can have unforeseen events. How would you pay the hospital in a foreign country if you fall seriously ill or have an accident? You would have to see if you can buy health insurance before you go.
Of course! That's a risk you take when you jump so far out of your comfort zone that you'd need something stronger than Googly Maps to guide you back to it. And let's say this is a big house that has plenty of room for a bunch of GPUs. There's some mining that could be done as a side hustle so long as electricity is reasonable. And that said, I just checked the average cost in the Philippines and it's like $0.305/kWh. That's a big deal-breaker.
If you got into an accident, that's one thing. That'll cost you straight out of your wallet. But if you come down with, say, cancer you'd still have US (or whatever country) citizenship and presumably a way to pay for your treatment. I do get that it's a major risk, though.
If I didn't have a 9 to 5 job, I think I could do other things besides writing 50 posts and get paid. I would still play poker, so I would have another source of income, and even people who don't play poker could create one or two alts to generate more money with signature campaigns, even if these campaigns paid less than the Chip Mixer.
Now where did I ever mention that signature campaigns had to be the
sole source of income? In my hypothetical I just specified that they be the primary source. I agree with you 100%. I'd be bored as hell and probably would be found hanging from a string in the basement in no less than a month or two if the only thing I could do was write posts.
Think of the advantage you'd have if you could live in our hypothetical house and have your way paid for simply by making 50 posts/week. That would free you up for so many other things! If you're in your 20s, it'd be like retiring early--even if you got a 9-5 job in the new country (which a lot of retirees do anyway). You'd already be making "fuck you" money, so you wouldn't have to apply for shit jobs and if you didn't get one you could spend your time playing poker. Not a bad deal, I'd say.
Live a nice life? Probably in all the countries where the median wage is below half of what you make!
Well yeah, that's exactly what I mean. That's my point exactly.
Take the BMW for example, it's not going to be 10 times cheaper in Bangladesh than in Luxemburg. Living like a king and at the same time not affording a trip to Europe or any other place on the opposite side of the globe cause the plane tickets alone are your income for 2 months?
OK, I can see your point about plane tickets but is it really true that the price of "automobile X" is the same all over the world? I plead ignorance of the facts, but I find that hard to believe. But in any case, the dope whip was just an afterthought. It's the real estate I'm most interested in, and I know damn well prices for houses and land are not constant throughout the world, just like electricity, petrol, and prostitutsia. Or treatment for gonorrhea for that matter--and while we're on the subject, I can stick with my typically subterranean standards and be chaste if the carnal act you circumnavigated around naming really does cost $100.
OMG, are wages really that low in Egypt? I would not have guessed that.
A'ight boys, we're flying to Sri Lanka or Ethiopia! You can flip a coin.