Message from @Donaldus Triumphus

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2018-04-28 20:51:01 UTC  

I live with my parents

2018-04-28 20:51:13 UTC  

And housing here isn't that valuable

2018-04-28 20:51:29 UTC  

how many siblings you got

2018-04-28 20:51:37 UTC  

domestic property value has risen below inflation

2018-04-28 20:51:38 UTC  

1

2018-04-28 20:52:12 UTC  

guess it wouldn't be too bad to move over

2018-04-28 20:52:14 UTC  

Going there isn’t the hard part. It’s moving there.

2018-04-28 20:52:20 UTC  

^^

2018-04-28 20:52:28 UTC  

exactly

2018-04-28 20:53:23 UTC  

I mean you don't need to bring your furniture over there

2018-04-28 20:53:54 UTC  

"might as well sell ur house in Africa"
A cheap 2-3 bedroom house with 1-2 bathrooms, garage and yard is 1 million ZAR

2018-04-28 20:54:32 UTC  

about 80K

2018-04-28 20:55:23 UTC  

My PC, tools, electronic crap and clothes would not fit in normal carry luggage though

2018-04-28 20:55:39 UTC  

"about 80K" Normal there?

2018-04-28 20:55:46 UTC  

For an apartment ur good

2018-04-28 20:55:50 UTC  

a house

2018-04-28 20:55:54 UTC  

you wont be able to get

2018-04-28 20:55:59 UTC  

lol

2018-04-28 20:56:16 UTC  

And we use brick houses that take years to build

2018-04-28 20:56:17 UTC  

You also dont pay for a whole house at once, 80k is more than enough for a down payment on any reasonably sized home

2018-04-28 20:56:25 UTC  

yeh

2018-04-28 20:56:51 UTC  

and an apartment is like 3k a month

2018-04-28 20:57:02 UTC  

"a house
you wont be able to get"

I'm assuming by house you mean one of those wooden jokes?

2018-04-28 20:57:26 UTC  

Only if you live in a coastal city that treats USD like monopoly money

2018-04-28 20:57:44 UTC  

this is what I mean by a house

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/418667927169138688/439893003973427200/th.jpg

2018-04-28 20:57:47 UTC  

$1500 a month anywhere else is going to be a pretty decent apartment

2018-04-28 20:58:36 UTC  

Country side is generally the best for houses

2018-04-28 20:58:56 UTC  

Places near the coast, like seattle, san francisco and florida cost way much more than a countryside house

2018-04-28 20:59:04 UTC  

"and an apartment is like 3k a month" Crap. Here that amount is like rent in a mansion.
8k ZAR is decent rent for a 3 bedroom, double garage, 2 bathroom brick house with a pool and half acre garden.

2018-04-28 20:59:15 UTC  

Even a moderately sized city inland has more sane rent

2018-04-28 20:59:26 UTC  

An apartment for 3k a month isnt the norm, Elbow

2018-04-28 20:59:28 UTC  

@Donaldus Triumphus That would be cheap here

2018-04-28 20:59:43 UTC  

that pic I mean

2018-04-28 21:00:06 UTC  

Partly because it would only last a few years

2018-04-28 21:00:10 UTC  

depends where the house is located

2018-04-28 21:00:18 UTC  

Insects would eat it quickly

2018-04-28 21:00:32 UTC  

if that was in the suburbs of seattle it would be like 600k

2018-04-28 21:01:00 UTC  

A house like that in America was probably built a few decades ago and will last quite a few more decades as long as its taken care of properly

2018-04-28 21:01:07 UTC  

Your salaries must be much higher than here then

2018-04-28 21:01:15 UTC  

I mean probablly

2018-04-28 21:01:21 UTC  

Its US compared to Africa