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0 pointsmajani4y ago0 comments

A million won't do much in maybe 10-20 cities across the world. Outside of that, a million dollars liquid is still life changing, retirement money

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bradleyjg4y ago

1 million at a safe withdrawal rate of 4% is $40,000 a year. Portland, Oregon in the US is somewhere around the 20th most expensive city to live in. You could survive in Portland on $40k/year but not exactly in some enviable lifestyle.

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