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Re:Ask HN: I got let go this morning. What should I do next? by fasouto on Friday January 30, 2015 @10:06PM (#8975723)
He is 25, and he plans to retire at 30, in 5 years he may save another couple thousands more. Let's put on the lower part of the "couple" spectrum and say he have 200.000, in 5 years he will have 400.000 USD. This money is enough to retire early with the 4% rule http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/05/29/how-much-do-i-need...

Maybe you are assuming that he want to live in the states, with the interest of this money he could live easily in Spain, Thailand, Argentina, etc...

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Re:Ask HN: I got let go this morning. What should I do next? by wizzard on Friday January 30, 2015 @11:01PM (#8975826)
When someone says "a couple thousand" you think of 200k as a lower bound?
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Re:Ask HN: I got let go this morning. What should I do next? by eigenvector on Saturday January 31, 2015 @12:13AM (#8975967)
The English colloquialisms "a couple" or "a few" are generally accepted to mean 1 < x < 5.
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Re:Ask HN: I got let go this morning. What should I do next? by willthames on Saturday January 31, 2015 @02:22AM (#8976141)
A couple and a couple of hundred are quite different though!

The original post suggests ~$2000, not ~200k

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Re:Ask HN: I got let go this morning. What should I do next? by misiti3780 on Saturday January 31, 2015 @09:47PM (#8978979)
thailand maybe - spain seems like a stretch
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