Who has $4k a month after income with room to spare in the states even?

If his cost of living a 4k a month in Vietnam he's living in near luxury.

Fucking "Make it" rubbing in the nose bullshit like "hey anyone can why you youngsters crying?" always a catch .

monthly income stems from several sources, including approximately $1,500 from VA disability, $1,000 from the GI Bill while he’s pursuing a master’s degree, and $900 to $1,300 from teaching English.

Yeah anyone can just get insta $3k a month subsidies. "Make it"

while living in Korea, Ryan got in trouble for breaking his curfew. He lost out on several months of pay, was restricted to his military base and demoted from staff sergeant to senior airman.

Something else happened here. You are not losing your position as an NCO and losing months of pay over curfew violations.

"Japanese soldier retires to Nanjing"

Throw him out

$4k a month is $48k/year; a survivable income in many places in the US, as long as you stay away from major metro areas or expensive neighborhoods.

so am I the only person that always has a bad taste in that month when they see articles like this? even ignoring that it is a vet ofc you’re happy when your wages are higher than locals by a fuck ton

You can live just fine on 1k/mo in Vietnam, rent a decent place for 300, food 10USD/day, 400 for miscellaneous expenses.

36-year-old American Air Force vet moved to Vietnam, lives on $4,000 a month: You can 'focus on what makes you happy' here

Didn't read the article, but is it "why be a sex tourist when you can be a sexpat?"

would love to be taking home $4k/mo.

I will never understand the tendency for Global South countries to roll out the red carpet for ghouls that are directly associated with Western Imperialism, whether right after liberation from said imperialism or not.

I've never even had more than half of that amount in my entire life, and even that amount was only possible because of the stimulus checks.

NGL, $4k/mo would provide a very comfortable lifestyle where I am, currently. Not lux, but very comfortable.

waow i don't even make 4k a month that's cool

Y’all ever think about how, if you just had 60 seconds of American spending focussed toward you, you’d be set for the rest of your life? $4,500,000 in just 60 seconds.

I think about that a lot.

And what the fuck even is this article? If you got $4000 a month, you can life pretty comfortably in America. I guess if there’s one American trait, it’s perceiving yourself as better for having more money than the people around you.

$4k a month is livable, provided you live alone and dont dream of having savings

$4,000 a month in a low-cost country is STACKS of cash. If I had this kind of cash rolling in while living in South Africa (and even in Estonia), I could flip off my boss in under a decade and retire early.

I'm lucky if I make a quarter of that a month, and I live in a country with one of the highest cost of living in the world, but sure, good for them that they are able to mooch off a socialist country that their home country and the military they served in tried their hardest to destroy. So glad it's working out for them. I love that for them.