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I was talking about one worker (partner doesn't work), so I guess your accumulated income is $40/hour. Still a bit far from my estimate.

1. Do you need a car? It's a must here, otherwise your low income country is more developed than the average third-world one.

2. Do you actually do the accounting, marketing... yourself or are you full-time employed. That skew things by a big margin.

3. How is inflation. It's around 20% here. Not all third-worlds suffer from high inflation, but many (most of them?) do.

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Thanks for the insight Omar. I moved to Hungary, so not really a third world country. I've only been living here for ~3 months so my estimate might be of by a bit.

1) I don't really need a car since public transport here is ok. However I do own one. I cut my car costs to a minimum by changing from a sports car to a 10 year old Ford Focus.

2) I have an accountant that costs about 300 euros per month right now, is one of the bigger costs that I have right now. Am gonna try do take on most marketing tasks myself.

3) I never accounted for inflation so far. This might be something that I have to look into a bit more.

Thanks for the feedback. Hungary might not be a top developed country, but there is a huge divide between a developed and a chaotic country.

1- Public transport is really huge. A car is a very expensive thing (especially a new one).

2- Car prices are two times higher than in developed countries. This is due to importing restrictions. Old cars are crazy expensive. My car appreciate just one week after I bought it by 8%.

3- This one is huge. In an unstable economy, it's not abnormal to see a sudden raise of 300% in some consumption good.

I do also assume/think that Hungary has an acceptable health care, too. Public health care here is another NO.NO. here. (ps the country is Tunisia).

otherwise, what are rents there like? It'd cost around $1,000/month to rent something respectable here.

Yes, I would never describe Hungary as a chaotic country.

I see how all of those things would drastically alter your needed income, especially the cost of a car and inflation.

I'm certainly not well informed on the cost of rent here, but I guess that 300-400€ per month should get you a more than decent place to live and work.

I checked the blog on your profile and seems like you're working on some cool things and doing well for yourself, congrats on overcoming the odds like that.

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