I survived el Salvador, been here for over a decade. I would recommend living here , it is very safe no more gangs no more problems.

Wokeism is non existent. Salvadorians are very conservative So much so I think It will be hard to decriminalise weed.

Cost of living is up to you, you want to live in tourist traps? west side fuck boy life style spend your hard earn Sats? or be a cheap fuck like Mr.M and stack as hard as humanly possible by living on the east side in a jungle?

All is priced in USD

Rent
150- 350 a month you can imagen the one I go for, Thats right the hamoc outdoors Roofs are so fiat

Food depends your diet If your carni it would be around 320 a month If your vegan probaby around 140 Month

Phone well since Im loser and I love my sats more than people I pay 75$ a YEAR its the best plan I found so far But a typical well loaded plan can run you about 25 a month

Internet/cable 25 a month depends your internet speed needs. Comes with good amout of channels that I never watch

Electricity is about 0.28 a kw If you live like me your bill is about 13 a month

Water Here you pay per cubic meter but the more you use the higher the cost per cubic meter. I use about 10 cubic meter a month so I pay 2.89 a month.

Drinking water this might be a surprise to most people, no I don't dig a hole and drink water from it, nor do I live off coconut water I buy bottle water the big ones the 19liter ones They go for 2.20 each and since I avoid seeing people as much as possible I buy 10 at a time

Another option buy land and live off of it 1.7acres can go for about 2500$

Hope this helps

Semi-anonymous post. Some of my El Salvador friends will know who I am by reading this.

I've been in San Salvador for about a year. I've been trying to optimize for highest possible quality of life and comfort. It wasn't a hard sell to convince my family to move because we're not sacrificing anything, but rather improving our lifestyle significantly. We also have family/friends visiting often, and I want them to have a 5-star experience when they come to El Salvador.

I pay $3000/mo for a 300sqm+ apartment in the nicest area of the city. Great pool/gym/amenities, amazing location. Huge balcony with a great view. Lots of nice cafes, restaurants, bars, shopping malls within walking distance. In my opinion this is the nicest building in San Salvador. Or at least the nicest I've found. Similar units in this building have sold for $850k+ recently.

Time is one thing in this world that nobody can buy, and being able to delegate away tasks that waste my time or annoy me is huge.

$1000/mo for a full-time family assistant with perfect English and college education.

$20/day 3x/week for 8am-4pm house cleaning.

$400/mo for an excellent private school.

$50 to hire a private driver for airport pickups/drop-offs.

Last week I purchased a nice family SUV to be chauffeured in. I'm currently in the process of hiring a full-time driver for taking our kid to/from school. Traffic in the city can be annoying. I'm expecting to spend around $600/mo for the driver. Our building has a waiting area for private drivers. The driver would hang out there and be on-call during the day.

I've heard you can pay around $300/mo for a full-time driver/maid/chef/etc if you also provide food & housing. Our condo has a separate part of the house for live-in staff but I'm not interested in having people living at our house right now. Maybe that will change at some point. We like going out to eat and don't mind cooking, so a chef doesn't make sense for us.

I don't track monthly living expenses, can't give a detailed breakdown of those, but some observations:

Internet and cell phone plans are overpriced compared to Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to US prices I guess.

Imported stuff like TVs and electronics are overpriced. You'll pay around 50% more for your TVs.

High quality hand-made custom furniture is very affordable.

Cars are very overpriced, similar to prices in Asian cities like Tokyo.

Supermarket and restaurant prices are higher than I expected. Alcohol at the supermarket is overpriced. Alcohol at bars/restaurants is cheap compared to other countries, $2-3/beer at a bar is normal. Food delivery is very cheap.

Expect to pay $30-40/person at a high-end steakhouse. $10-20/person for other nice restaurants. Still much better than places like US and most of EU.

Basically what this boils down to... labor costs are affordable and imported things are overpriced. I've certainly lived cheaper in other countries.

I don't think I could figure out how to spend $100k/year in El Salvador even if I was trying to burn my money here. Car prices excluded, there's not a lot of ways to throw away your money like you can in global cities like London, NY, Dubai, HK, Tokyo, etc.

I've lived in many countries in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latam, etc. and traveled to many places. El Salvador has been incredible for me and my family, and we're happier here than anywhere else we've been. Weather in San Salvador is absolutely amazing (weather and bugs at the beach are miserable, but some Bitcoiners seem to like it, glhf). There's beautiful nature and green trees everywhere. Salvadorans must be the nicest, friendliest people in the world. Shopping and getting around is convenient. Tons of things to do and places to visit. Airport/flights are very easy. Beautiful family-oriented culture. Great food. One of the safest countries in the world. Excellent place to raise kids.

Maybe the one downside is that if you're single and like nightlife, your options here are slim. There are still fun places if you know where to look, but it's not Berliln.

There's no place in the world that I'd rather be, and it's mind-blowing to me that every Bitcoiner doesn't already live here full-time. Most other Bitcoiners living here seem to share the same sentiment. I think a better question for the Stacker News crowd is: if you're not already living in El Salvador, wtf are you thinking?

When I was there I paid $250us for a month in a descent house then I went to live in a friend house and took the bus everyday, if I were to say rent in a descent place could be in the range of $150us to $1500us depend on your tast, for me I didn't care where I live as long as it safe and clean. Food isn't too bad in terms of price, I paid $2 to $6us a day for a good lunch but again I didn't mind the comedor(street food) and I never went for fast junk food. And their food is delicious and most importantly the people are nice. You may get internet at home but if not use your phone wi-fi its in the range of $10 to $20 a week you will need an ES sim card but signup but pay as you go. El Salvador is safer than usa and even canada in my opinion. Make friends watch where you go ofcourse, don't act like you have money but don't be too cheap either. Most treets are safe. If you compare the cost of living between the west and ES you will see what I mean about safer. Even the homeless there are safer.

@Onions El Salvador can be as affordable or as expensive as you wish.

I am in El Salvador right now. I can't attest to the cost of living on a more permanent basis as I have only been here for two holiday.

I can tell you that it is safer than most American cities. They have done an amazing job of cleaning up the streets and imprisoning the gangs.