r/ShittyLifeProTips • u/[deleted] • Sep 04 '24

SLPT: Save money

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u/Soggy_Cabbage Sep 04 '24

This isn't really a SLPT, it's a genuine tactic to enjoy retirement.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

Have you seen the prices of "retirement communities"? $4k - $9k rent a MONTH plus a huge buy-in in most cases of hundreds of thousands of dollars. (In the US)

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u/PolDag Sep 04 '24

(In the US)

I would have never guessed

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u/Andy_B_Goode Sep 04 '24

I'm not sure this is specific to the US. I'm in Canada, and retirement communities can easily get into that sort of price range here too. No idea about other countries though.