Quick financial question. In America Im making $79,000 pre-tax and $56500 after tax. ~$4708.33 a month. Working 42-43 hours. My personal living expenses are $1600 a month (~$1950 really but my gf contributes to rent and utilities). This is only including the bare necessities to survive (groceries, rent, utilities, phone, internet, car insurance, gas etc.). I am very frugal and spend about $100 – 200 a month on non-necessities like eating out, beer, or small concerts. I also try to maximize my ROTH IRA every year which is 583.33 a month spread evenly through the year. Sometimes I have medical bills. So my current lifestyle costs about $2500 or about 53% of my income.
Would moving to a cheap location like Kamakura, or Adachi-ku and having a 6.5 million yen salary pre-tax give me a similar, worse, or better standard of living?
My thoughts are that my standard of living would increase slightly but maybe I am delusional. This is based off the numbers I could find while googling salaries, cost of living, and apartments rent prices. Thanks ahead of time.
NOTE: I'm defining the comparison of "Standard of Living" as the amount I could be saving while maintaining the exact same lifestyle of going out to eat about 3 times a month, a 12 pack of beer a month and maybe 1-2 $15 concerts.
by Patient_Aerie_5488