Our $2,400 3-Bedroom Apartment in Taipei

After another circumnavigation of this wonderful world we find ourselves back in Taipei, Taiwan. This time we even signed a lease.

The neighborhood is great. There is a small park next door, and we are within a 10 minute bike ride of the 2 biggest parks in the city. We are a 5 minute walk to the subway station, and 2 of the big transport corridors for bus / taxi / Uber transit are close by. A weekly public market and a grocery store are just next door, and 100s of restaurants are within 10 minutes by foot. Despite the proximity to everything, it is calm and quiet and our street is lightly trafficked.

What we really liked though was the interior.

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I Don’t Want to Live Like I’m Poor Forever

“Hey man, it is all well and good that you guys lived like paupers for a decade, but you have to admit… that was totally unsustainable!”

The popular corollary to this statement is, “I don’t want to live like I’m poor forever. I want to live a little.”

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard this line of reasoning, I could probably afford to retire, or something.

Or maybe the correct pronoun is they.

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