agree^

Good job shutting down that discussion before it even started.

whats there to discuss, yebellz is correct....

I can't think of anywhere I'd call desirable where such an income would create problems. Still, I think its fairly clear that the spirit of the thread is that we should choose somewhere without money being a major consideration.

The Berkshires. Beautiful area and that income would be plenty there.

Noss Mayo, Turnchapel, and the Cotswolds are amongst my top locations. Rather fortunately I already live in one of them :)

" If you could live anywhere in the world you wanted..." this is the OP, it does not say, based on X income where would you like to live?

@Oct, where might those places be?

Feel free to google them. There are not many Noss Mayos in the world so it shouldn't be hard to find :)

Probably here in Prague. Beautiful city, 30-40K dollars is enough to live comfortably, and I speak the language.

Prague is beautiful, and given time I could learn to stop seeing the hordes of gypsy prostitutes and drug dealers that prey on tourists in holiday season. One thing I could never get used to, however, is the way beggars are expected to prostrate themselves and stare constantly at the ground. Very disturbing...

The reason most places are that cheap is because no one that lives there makes much money at all. I wonder how much of this job-market arbitrage the world can take, where you get paid in one market and spend in another...

Yeah, Prague can be pretty depressing socially.

I think Australia.... for the casual racism and cheap booze if nothing else

Y'all dumb.

Baton Rouge or New Orleans please. That's ample to live decently on and once you live here for a while, you'll never want to leave.

Chattanooga TN has a lot going for it (including Gigabit internet speeds for $70/m).

And is overall quite affordable.

Yeah tbh there are a ton of incredible places in the American South where $40k/yr is ample money to make a living

I second Chattanooga. Its the next Portland.

Either Stockholm for the climate and socialism or Singapore for the food.

I would certainly not settle down anytime soon in OP's situation.

As things currently stand, I would live exactly where I am, in County Durham in the UK, although I would find the reduction in my income slightly annoying.

In the future, if Scotland becomes independent, I may consider returning to my birthplace, the Shetland Isles.

Rural Normandy would be good - lucky me for that's where I live now!
Why? Some reasons are: Because it's beautiful and green; You can buy fresh local grown food in season that tastes almost like you grew it yourself; People don't judge - more likely to ask your age than your job; because you still see people stop outside the baker's and not lock the car - more leave the keys in it - more leave the engine running!
Sadly it's slipping downhill to be more like the UK and maybe even the US although that is gladly perhaps longer away although McDonalds have invaded selling their terrible junk food.

Belgrade, Serbia.

My favorite city in the world. Big enough to be interesting, small enough to be easy to get around. Cosmopolitan and vibrant, with a rich history.

...And $40k/year easily puts you in the top 0.5% of the population.

Agree with Putin. Also, already live there.

Everest Basin, Nepal. I'd take the $40k and donate something around 35 of it to the local communities and I'd still be relatively wealthy.

This is an interestind discussion. Being from Los Angeles and currently living in London the 30 to 40 thousand figure is certainly a bit low.

Sure, if you live in LA or London or NYC or somewhere like that and want to live like a rockstar. If you want a small home with a family or single, whichever you prefer, with enough to eat, $40k is more than enough. Having that much would be a dream in much of the world.

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New Orleans

That, or Portland parish, Jamaica, where I just was.

If it's somewhere I haven't lived, I pick Goma. I'd live there because such a place deserves to have more foreigners living there, instead everyone trying to run away. Call it a solidarity choice. Plus, the surrounding countryside is beautiful. Maybe one day it will be at peace and be a nice place to visit