36-year-old Army vet moved to Vietnam, lives on $4,000 a month
36 -year -old Markeiz Ryan had a very good childhood in Maryland, but the 2008 financial crisis changed.
Ryan, CNBC Make It, “deleted my mother’s job and made it really hard for us when I finished high school.” He continued: “I didn’t have a financial security blanket to think. The best thing for me was to join the army, so I wouldn’t have to put my family more debt and I think that was the right decision.”
Ryan joined the US Air Force in 2010 and was deployed in Korea, Germany and Africa in various countries of the world. In 2016, Ryan had a problem because he lived in Korea, because he broke the curfew. He lost a few months, limited to his military base, and was reduced from the staff sergeant to his senior aviation.
“After that, I am very depressed and very sorry, Red Ryan said. “But this depression and sadness make you think about where your life is going and allows you to direct your life in the right direction.”
Ryan lives about $ 4,000 per month in Vietnam.
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When he was limited to Ryan’s military base at that time, he planned a trip to visit a friend in Vietnam.
“It looked so much fun and really lived all Hype,” he said. “I finally had the best time of my life and this depression [just] gone.”
Ryan tells Vietnam that he doesn’t want to leave this feeling after seeing the first trip and how happy he was. He began to plan his return to the country.
The Ordu Veteran returned to his life in the Air Force and completed his service at his military base in Wyoming before he was discharged in an honorable way in 2019.
Ryan lives in a two -bedroom apartment in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Shortly after, Ryan moved to Vietnam, where he lived about $ 4,000 per month, according to the documents reviewed by CNBC.
Ryan has suffered from spine arthritis, respiratory problems, auditory pain and mental health difficulties since the time in the army. Veterans are disabled.
Monthly income is caused by various sources such as $ 1,500 from va disability, a master’s degree, while the GI invoice is $ 1,000 and $ 900 to $ 1,300 out of English teaching. Ryan is also doing strange things like Voiceover Work, where the fee can range from $ 200 to $ 600 per month, and an average monthly $ 300 of the $ 300 of the daily trade.
“This may not come too much in America, but trust me, this is more than enough to be above the middle or middle class in Vietnam,” he says.
When Ryan moved to Vietnam, he bought a motorcycle to walk
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Ryan lives in Ho Chi Minh and has a two -bedroom apartment with two bedrooms in one of the highest housing towers in the country. It pays $ 850 a month and the public services increases to about $ 130, including electricity, water and cleaning.
In addition to these costs, Ryan pays $ 1,000 for health insurance and $ 3 a week for motorcycle. What he spends on the grocery store ranges from $ 100 to $ 400 per month, because often cook your own food or eating frequently.
“Vietnam, the safest place I have ever experienced. I never need to look at my shoulder. I noticed that this great calm level.” “People focus more on their daily lives and focus on what is happening politically. A much more calm feeling.”
Although Ryan likes to live in Vietnam, something that bothers him is noise pollution.
“Too much Honing, street vendor and sometimes karaoke really loud, so if you’re very tolerant of noise, this may not be a place for you,” he says.
Ryan says Vietnam is now at home and has no plan to leave.
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Since he moved to Vietnam, Ryan has made an effort to learn the language, but he’s still not the best.
Orum I can never claim that I am fluent in Vietnamese, but I do much better than most of my peers here, or he says.
Ryan has been living in Vietnam for six years and says he has no plan to leave.
“If I leave, Vietnam told me to go. I didn’t feel very motivated in America. No matter how hard you work, you are still in poverty. You are chasing a standard that you can’t achieve constantly.” “Here, in Vietnam, it takes a lot of money pressure. You are focusing on what makes you happy, who you want to be, and how to get there.”
This experience says how his life is in the USA
“Not things I need to do every day, I wake up with a long list of things I want to do, and this is a completely different way of life. Even if you need to work for 40 hours a week here, you do it as an investment in your future.
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