It was the starting wage of a university undergraduate at TSMC in 2019: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3925769

I would assume a meaningful definition of luxury involves at least abundant space, food, energy, and time. For example, working 100 hours per week is not luxurious, nor living in a Hong Kong pod, nor having to eat ramen because you cannot afford fruits and vegetables.

Would you have access to broadband internet to upload HD video? Clean water? Sewage? Healthcare? Education?

Supposedly, median household income in Peru is $17k, and that is skewed higher to urban residents, so let’s say two earners earning $24k total in rural Peru would be 2x median income of the surrounding families. Maybe it can be “luxurious”, but I would want more proof that you can get access to reliably energy, high quality network connectivity, and access to other goods/services one would normally associate with luxury.

As someone from Peru I would not recommend this

>Also, why sink down to 1k/month?

Because the comment I replied to claimed “luxury” for $1k per month.

Not a sunk cost but a fixed cost.