guess it wouldn't be too bad to move over

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

^^

exactly

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

"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

about 80K

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

"about 80K" Normal there?

For an apartment ur good

a house

you wont be able to get

lol

And we use brick houses that take years to build

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

yeh

and an apartment is like 3k a month

"a house
you wont be able to get"

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

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

this is what I mean by a house

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

Country side is generally the best for houses

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

"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.

Even a moderately sized city inland has more sane rent

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

@Donaldus Triumphus That would be cheap here

that pic I mean

Partly because it would only last a few years

depends where the house is located

Insects would eat it quickly

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

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

Your salaries must be much higher than here then

I mean probablly

Its US compared to Africa

Our salaries are higher nationally but 600k is also at least double what that house is actually worth

yeh

@Ben Garrison "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"
Same thing here wouldn't last 10 years if it is taken care of **VERY** well.

hmm

its so high simply because the location and most of the suburbs are slowly becoming modern houses, townhomes and condos