Reality of Moving to HK for a New Yorker

[gilleshk]

To each his/her own... all I am saying is that with a 500K salary, anyone can live comfortably, travel a bit, go out and save money if you do it right.

It's roughly the equivalent of a six figure salary in Canada, OZ or NZ when you factor in the taxes. It's not luxury but I would hardly call it hardship.

[gilleshk]

Here's a fairly generous budgetary projection for two people:

Rental: 15K/month
Tax:3K/month
Groceries:5K/month
Utilities/Internet/TV:2K/month
Transportation:2K/month
Entertainment:5K/month

Total 32K/month or 384 000

That leaves savings of 116 000

Take a flat for 10K and that gives you three holidays of 20K with the same savings.

[Appi]

All great points to think about - I appreciate all your point of views.