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sharter · Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 878 Location: All over the place

I was in Istanbul as well a few weeks ago....coffee was 5 Euro....that's what $7....I was shocked. An average salary there is $1,500 and out of that comes your rent. Turkey isn't in the EU.

Really though a quick browse throught the jobs in Europe will show you that average salaries are less than $2,000 in the west and $1,200 in the east. These are not living wages. Not that give you any long-term future anyways. As a Brit I'm also quite familiar with the place. I've got a few American friends in Poland but none of them have the proverbial pot to pee in. Just in Poland an average rent is about $600 for a small place. In the UK you're looking at $750-1,000 a month and that's outside London. A New Yorker I know has been trying to move to Italy for a while but the pay is dire there and it ain't cheap. He's also got a tonne of experience. On those salaries, getting 'home' becomes a problem!

If you are independently wealthy, it's a different ball game. Then and only then, I'd do somewhere like Poland, especially if you're a man Wink

. Mountains, lakes, stunners, cheap beer and wonderful students.

Later on in your career, the Gulf often becomes necessary. I'm in Kuwait right now but have lived in Qatar, Saudi and Libya. Libya's my fave cos of the rotational oil field deals but Doha's a nice place to live. Kuwait's a bit sleepy......in fact, it's the ideal place to put money in the bank and buy a house somewhere.

Prof.Gringo · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:19 pm Post subject: Re: and