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Originally Posted by takethebluepill
Curious...how much does a person have to make to live comfortably in Malaysia? And by comfortable, I mean a decent roof over their heads with a comfortable living space...ability to eat well...and have money left over for basic luxuries, such as fashionable clothing, perhaps a vehicle and other discretionary items.
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I would put the over/under for VERY comfortable living at $1,000 a week. But comfort is so arbitrary and relative. At that salary, you're living in a 3 bedroom/3 bathroom condo with 5 day a week maid service. You're eating at good restaurants 3 times a week, you take car service or taxi everywhere you go (they have a great public transport system that I've never taken, and you have drinks out twice a week (expensive).
If you want to buy a Malaysian-made car, it's cheap: $10k - 20k. Foreign cars are taxed at 100% list value new.
You're also going away once a month for 3-4 days to Bali or Phuket. Air travel is very cheap here.
Most people live on far less, but I draw a salary of 15,000rm a month, appx $1k a week, and that's how I live and with money left over at the end of the month. Haven't even touched the profit-sharing cash - no need to.
Decent living in Kuala Lumpur if you've got some cash and like it hot.