I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train

Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by Shrezzing on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @06:03AM (#39601854)

The net after-tax salary in France is €2,450, and in Germany it's €2,750, compared to the €850/mo this kid spends.

I can't see how you could survive long-term on around 1/3 of a nation's average salary, even in the most rural of villages with hardly any amenities, rent alone is going to take up the majority of your budget.

You could probably get by reasonably well in Greece, and could live very well in the Balkans.

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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by Ekaros on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @06:09AM (#39601900)

Certainly survive, but not exactly thrive.

10k/12 is 833. Now let's say half or less of that to rent+etc. possible in certain not so desirable areas. Leaves you around 10€ a day for food and then 100€ for other stuff like used clothing and so on.

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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by 01acheru on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @06:16AM (#39601955)

With 850€/month you can pay rent (a small apartment for one person) and bills in more or less half of Germany, same for France. The average net after tax have no meaning in this context.

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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by moooo99 on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @06:28AM (#39602037)

True, it doesn’t. But the average rent in Germany is 780€/mo without heating, electricity or internet. So realistically people spend on average a 1000€/mo on living.

Realistically this living on a train thing isn’t a sustainable lifestyle, but it certainly is a fun adventure

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Re:I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train by 01acheru on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @06:41AM (#39602123)

If people spend 1k/mo on average it means it is totally possible to spend 850. As I said it is possible to spend 850 or even less in a half of the country. Average, average, average... what an average world.

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