It sounds like you got it made over there. Here in Huntington Beach, CA, my 1 bedroom apt is $2,200 alone... total in all expenses are $3,500. I don't go out nor eat out b/c I can't afford to pay $15 for pho and $5 to $6 coffee every day. I have 2 jobs, one fulltime at $21/hr just to pay for all my bills, and I have another part-time job in the gig economy to save, so I can get the hell out of the US to Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia or back to Hawaii. My mother went to retire in Cambodia in 2006, had 2 maids, extended her life for 18 great yrs b/c my dad passed at only 59 from a stroke from working so much and eating all the processed craps that are in 90% of all food markets 99% in convenience stores. Here, seems like 70% of the people are fat/overweight or unhealthy as fudge. I tried to save with my normal 9 to 5 job, so I can get the hell out of here with no life's enjoyment other than watching UA-cam, etc..., but financially, I can't. That's why I took a 2nd job. It's a vicious cycle of just work and worrying about paying bills like a caged chicken. Yes, things are nice here in So Cal and plenty of things to do, but if you go out once, it'll set you back $300 to $500 per night and worrying as hell about paying bills at the end of the month. Yup, try $28 drinks here... and $10 beer at the clubs or bars. America's reality isn't what it used to be. Remember, $8 for a dosen of decent eggs and $6 for a quart of milk. Time has changed. Inflation is real. People are noticeablly tense and distrusting of one another. My best yrs were when I went to SE Asia to work as a teacher from 2005 to 2012, didn't get paid much, but everything was cheap, and I had time to enjoy my life b/c I work only 6 hours a day and 4 days a week. I miss those $6 massages and $2 beer and $2.50 meals. Yesterday, I treated myself to a massage, it cost me $100 with tip... It was a normal massage.
We're neighbor from Long Beach. I got lucky with rent $1,000 a month. There is no secret to financial freedom except to make more than our expenses. Right now, I'm planning to start a sugarcane drink business and someone told me that during the county fair, a drink business make from $10k-30k a day!
This is 💯 how it is! We’re a family of 4 with small kids in the Silicon Valley, CA. Just rent alone is 3750 for a 4 bedroom single family home. Pay wages are high but the cost of living is even higher making it nearly impossible to buy. A single family home in the ghetto will cost you 1 million. My brother is a postal worker and forced to work 6 days per week and 10-14 hours a day. He has to use his sick time or vacation hours just to have some time off.
As a Khmer Canadian who would love to return to Cambodia one day, it's definitely cheaper living in Cambodia for a family of 3. It's getting more and more expensive in Canada and the US. Either you are very rich or poor as the middle class is shrinking. A lot of retirees are moving to cheaper countries to retire. Cambodia is completely foreign to me but thank God I am still fluent in Khmer.
At least healthcare is free in Canada, unlike the States😢 Cambodian American here, I just moved to Finland to raise my son and I love the fact that Cambodia and Thailand is just a12 hour flight (thanks to Russia, used to be 9)
I think pros of Cambodia: Cost / learn language / culture / safety / luxuries that can’t be afforded otherwise (house with car with nanny /house keeper). Cons: limited opportunities for certain professions or work or education; some of the mentality / cultural differences will limit your success in the West; lack of access to public education / reputable university / potential economic and political instability of Cambodia. The great thing is you can leverage both with US citizenship- if one plan fails you can adapt and move to the next.
I find living in Cambodia still a better option than the US for many reasons despite all those handicaps. While it's true that there are barriers in those categories that can hinder your success, it takes creativity to live in a society where the law is not force upon you. I look at Cambodia now similar to the US prior to 1913.
Living in US, is to work six, or perhaps, seven days per week if owning a business. Working at least six days if working for others. May be mandatory to work more than eight hours per day (forced over time work). If planning to live in US temporarily for a few months you will get an idea. Keeping your property in Cambodia is the best choice if you decide to go back. Life is best in US if hitting a jackpot.
Not going to lie. I am going miss the your Cambodia videos once you move back to the states. My wife (japanese) and I (khmer) bing watch your channel and itchyfeet on the daily here from Colorado. But i understand you have to do what’s best for you and your family. Going to continue supporting regardless!
Wow, khmer-japanese couple! Ur the only third one I've ever seen lol, the other two couples were both japanese dudes and cambodian women, how did you and your wife meet? @yourCholly
Family of 3 like you. We are an old fashioned Khmer couple in California. I dont know my expenses. My wife holds the purse strings. I just bring home 7k a month. Side hustles for my hobbies She put a benji a week in my wallet for "cigarettes and gas." But i drive an ev and dont smoke. Planning on bringing grandma over stateside to save on the nany cost and hopefully spends her golden years here(medical reasons). Might do dual residency, 51% Cambodia, 49% California for tax reasons.
Our expenses in Cambodia would run to about 5k USD for a family of 4, but that includes 2-2.5k for international school for the kids. We choose to live in a nice area, send the kids to an expensive school, eat good (homecooked) food, and have a full time nanny. Wouldn't get this lifestyle for the same money back home.
@@roundface74 That doesn't surprise me. At the same time, no one should be under the illusion that it is all roses. There are some goods and services that are just not available at an acceptable quality here and you have to adapt. But without a doubt 5k/month goes way further here.
@@fuqOuttahere333 Definitely cheaper options. For younger kids, many of the cheaper kindergartens and primary schools can be very good. It is when the kids hit high school that you will want the flashy facilities, sports teams etc. I won't go into too much detail, but we are on one year working visas, which are renewed yearly without the need to leave the country.
@@Dabloodymess thanks for the great information! We will be visiting soon, to see if it's a possibility for us. What's your greatest struggle there (other than getting goods)? What's a place you suggest for a good social life and kids activities? Thanks for your help
the avg cost of a live-in nanny in California is around $20 an hour for 10-12 hours of work. I know a person who pays their live-in nanny 80k a year. a family of 3 here with a child about the same age as your daughter. I spend about 7-8k a month without a nanny in Cali. and we usually eat at home and eat out once in a while. Cost mainly due to rent and fuel cost. Maybe we'll be looking to live in Cambodia in the future.
Hello from USA family of 4 here i am spending about 5k a month here...that just one income my wife is a stay home mom...i feel living KH is alot less stress due to the fact we can get a Nanny for a low salary to help us watch the kids i am considering going to live in KH in 2024 but worried making a decent income where we can live comfortably and put less stress for my wife since my 2 youngest in 2 & 3 years old...a handful...thanks for the this video and giving us this real life outlook about KH ... Peace Love and Happiness PaOun Pros
Here in the us, everything is very expensive. Hire a nanny could cost you a fortune. In California, one bedroom apartment rent cost between $2600 to $3000 a month. A bowl of pho now costs $16 plus tips. Car and health insurance cost skyrocketed and required by law to have it. Life here in the US is not as good as the old days. A lot of homeless and crimes. My car license plate got stolen at home and window got smashed at work. This happened to my neighbors, coworkers, almost everyone I know is a victim of crimes. I used go for walk worry free. Now I have to take extra precautions when I walk outside.
Ya, California is overpriced. Even, for a small ugly 3 bedroom 2 bath house with 1 garage and barely no yard that is located in a ghetto or not so nice area in California will cost a little over 1 million dollars. It is insane. An the housing market interest rate is like 7%!! So crazy.
Non live in Nannies are $2500-6000 per month in the Bay Area. Live in Nannies are around $2000-5000 per month. Definitely stay in Cambodia until Eva needs to go to 1st grade for the US school system - You would need to work 3 jobs just to pay your nanny here in the US...
The price of your house 's rent is super expensive when compare in Thailand in the same location and in the same size I can rent it for 400 USD per a month in Bangkok or any cities for tourists such as Chiangmai Phuket Pattaya or the seaside city Koh Samui
In my Khmer family in Chbar Ampov, grandparents, aunties, and neighbors act as the nannies…my wife and I take care of our nieces along with grandparents, great aunties, and we treat them like our kids…their parents work so we help out…the village takes care of them…its a communal thing…but of course, grandparents live with us so we take care of food and living costs just like you…electricity is expensive now, we try not to use air con so much by buying lots of fans but we still spend $250/month.
It’s a lot cheaper to live in Cambodia and also cheaper to help someone in needs . But take your family to the USA and get them USA citizenship. It’s the best thing to do for your family.
I’m raising 2 kinds in the anemia cost a lot of money too . Both of get bachelors from UCLA and get masters degree from Harvard university now both of them make so much money.
We liike also to add the retirement accounts with the 401K employers account, individual IRA and Roth IRA accounts besides the government social security account. After living there for over 40 years, we took our early retirement to travel to see the world with our personal retirement accounts and we can retire any where if we wanted to including Cambodia. Life is short to do the things we don't love doing but life is very precious. Budget our financial requires disciplines and commitment to achieve our financial freedom instead of living with debts. Sharing is caring 🎉
Great video!! Here in Southern Oregon, we spend $1700 on a $300k mortgage for a 1500sf 3/2 (prices of homes/rentals have gone up since we bought); $700ish in groceries, $225 electric, $65 natural gas, $300ish in gas (car), $600 for medical insurance for family with $3k deductible before it kicks in. Sewer water trash maybe $150. Internet $85. Phone family plan $200 for three adults. Life insurance $70. Eating out gets expensive. Then you can double that for all the other stuff like repairs to the car, house projects, birthday parties, random household and living expenses, etc. This is for my husband and I and our two year-old plus a 17yo stepdaughter that lives here half time. We don’t have a car payment but I think that would add a lot. I hope this helps you get an idea as you prep to move back to the States. We are in an area that is slightly higher than the average cost of living but nothing like NY or LA. My husband works full-time, I was doing art lessons for kids until Covid and plan to start again at some point. Daycare is crazy Crazy crazy out of this world expensive; I just stay home with our little guy. Also, we plan to homeschool.
Do reconsider the homeschooling because being at school teaches you more about learning to be and deal with others than just getting content into your head. This is why those kids who had pre-school were shown to have higher achievement because like in a job, interacting well with other people is just as important in how successful you are. If the school in your district is under par, you can supplement by doing some tutoring yourself.
Living here w family is great value & tons of help. Easy to go on holidays w full entourage. We are lucky because we make good money but u can still live well on budget. Agree w your comments on Cambo women are awesome at supporting their man, the West could learn a thing about teamwork as a family. Medical & school are our biggest expenses. Everything else is ok especially if u cam eat local food.
It very expensive now a day living in the US..Especially in the Massachusetts…. With everything, mortgage. Electric, gas/oil , foods and so on..4000 families of 4..
If you can afford $4,000.00 a month in Srok Khmer, you should be able to afford to live anywhere. You might not be able to afford 2 in-house nannies, but you and your wife should be able to manage it. We have 4 kids, and the last 2 sons are twins, and my wife and I managed to live comfortably in the USA with a single income. We cannot afford daycare, so my wife stayed home to take care of the kids. They're now in high school, college and the eldest kid just graduated from college as an RN this year. Good luck to you and your wife with your future move!
Maybe in the Midwest states in the US but not major cities. Also, when the kids grow up, it’ll be more expensive. However, they do have some public assistance in the US until the kids are 18 but it’s terrible to be on it. Personally, I feel like the US is going downhill and will continue to do so. Crimes, housing affordability, and jobs are getting worse. It might even be safer in Cambodia compared to many parts of the US because most of Cambodia still has a strong Buddhist culture. Gun violence happens too often here in many places if not all of US.
@@mikewhocheeseharry5292 Living in the East Valley of the Sun is as major as any city in the U.S.A. The house price here is nearly as expensive as California these days. If you have a steady job, you should never need any assistance from the government, and you wouldn't qualify for any government assistance anyway. If the kid worked hard in school, they should qualify for an academic scholarship to most major universities in the U.S.A. My two girls went to colleges on their academic scholarships. They worked part time to pay for their apartment and food, and we chipped in some to help them as well. My two boys will be getting scholarships as well. Both parents and kids work hard together will succeed anything... 😁
I lived in Bangkok about 20 yrs ago. I had two maids that came with the home I rented. In contract it said I was to let them go home to their province one weekend outta the month. I had no kids at that time so their job was cooking , cleaning, shopping for me and they gave me massage when I got home from a long day...foot massage that is! For my two maids it cost $100.00 US for both of them a month which was included in rent rate.
You're too funny 🤣 Eva is too mab. There are always pros and cons no matter where we live but it's an option in life. The US has become so expensive to live a comfortable life or with an annual income over 200K for family of three and still can't afford for your personal nanny at home. Good luck with your future planning for your family. We will be back to the Kingdom in a few months. Happy spring from Minnesota 🎉
My house in ct, United States the mortgage is about $1600 per month. And was valued at about $400k when my wife and I bought it. The Cable, electric, water bill and city fees and etc is about $800 total. Car insurance about $270 per month two cars. Both 2020, one suv and a jeep. One car paid off. One still paying about $300 a month, we have one child who is 7 years of age. And let’s say we spend about $700 a month on groceries give or take. So total amount of living in the United States isn’t that different from Phnom Penh Cambodia. From your numbers…Everything in Cambodia is just as expensive if you’re trying to live a okay lifestyle. Oh and btw.. having a great credit score in the United States helps yah out a lot too with the monthly payments on almost everything . That is what people need to understand… yeah your rent is high..your car payments etc is high mainly probably due to your credit score.. 😅
@@CamboVlogs Depends on the city you decide to move to. NY, CA, and WA are double those numbers. Health insurance for a family of 3 can run 300-800 with employer sponsored plans you need to add + required car insurance with car payments since you need to get around the big country. Trips to Costco is already $400 a week for groceries here in California. Add up other costs - I think without a Nanny, you are looking at need 150k to 200k gross and 100k net (after tax) to survive in the states, so about double your figures there.
I think living in Phnom Penh is kinda expensive but for expat living in Siem Reap, the cost of living can be much lesser in term of food and amenities.
Be cool to hear more about your visa and how it works in Cambodia . Does EVA have a chance at dual citizenship? Do all residents have national health insurance?
I plan on living in Khmer krom Vietnam in 2 years. We already have land and a house in Phu Tan District in An Giang Province, which is a big khmer krom community next to the cambodia border and the mekong delta. Our house there is 3 levels, 5 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, a place to park your car and scooter. It has a security gate around the house. An all my khmer krom in-laws live nearby.
@@CamboVlogs I do pat. Connect with this Khmer Krom woman in Tra Vinh named “Da Ri”. She is very well known in Khmer Krom Province Tra Vinh and she knows the history very well in all the Khmer Krom history. “Da Ri”and her husband own a nice hotel in Tra Vinh.
How are you planning to survive in the states? Yall have a live in nanny/maid. Good luck trying to do it all yourself in America. Your wife can be self sufficient because she doesn’t do housework that’s 24/7 with a baby, cleaning, cooking😅 I do all of that, plus a full time job while working from home. It’s not easy but I told myself it’s just temporary until I have enough to retire. Now am retired at 38. My job is cleaning, cooking, and hanging out with my son since school is just 4 hour a day in Finland
I think living in Cambodia is already great ! Since living in the USA is very expensive, My rent is $2500 a month, only one income. And we have 5 kids to support. My total bills for a month is $7000 , my husband is planning to build a house in Cambodia and retire there because I know cost of living there is cheap! As long as you know how to survive it’s great out there. Your wife she got a good job , hairstylist and do eyelashes. So you guys should be able to lived there comfortably. Just lived there better than USA brother and sister.
@@CamboVlogs oh ok, my nephews is July 23 one week after. Congratulations again for your baby! She looks just like you,.... with love from California!!
My wife holds the purse strings too. I just bring home the money, and she is nice enough to give me gas, noodle, coffee, cigarettes money. I prefer it this way.
Cambo-Vlogs. Move to a conservative state in the U.S., like florida. Way cheaper than all the liberal blue states. As an asian family man, married to a khmer krom woman. I make 10k a month and my wife makes 5k a month. We both live good raising 2 kids ages 11yr & 13yr that attend a good public school.
move to battambang you're going to spend half of that. I usually completely covert for 2500$ a month and that's including school for our 6 year old daughter.
My wife and I will be moving to Cambodia or Vietnam in a couple years. Our son is half Chinese half American. We plan to let him and any other children we might have to go to public school for 2 years in whichever country we decide to settle in for language acquisition. Then we'll homeschool them for around $6,000 a year
I didn't expect groceries would be $300 a month. I live in NYC and for my bf and I (mostly lunch and dinner food) I spend about $400-$450 on groceries. However I would say that we don't get paid enough to have freedom to eat out whenever. 1 meal for 2 is at least $100.
Before eating a dish. Eat some greens and then mix it in. Very important for how you eat. It will be very beneficial. Food festival last night was superb. So much ❤️ love there 😍 sensational. Better than last year. Ok, 70,000 attended last year....this year exceeded that. :-)
Did you include any health care and insurance? You are young but with a child you will need many doctor visits. And with time you probably will need some too. Your blog in nice but sometimes very narrow. The US is not the only country to compare to. Look at ‘dark and happy’ Denmark. 4000 $ would give you sooo much there (except sun and light in winter) 😃😂
Come to think about it, who need nanny. The baby deserved the cares of their parents. Either one of you can stay home to take care of the kid or work on a different shift and take turn to care for the kid... the kid will thanks you for it... 😃
I bet you are every nice and kind to the people that work at your house. Unlike some high powered people in came . They don’t pay their workers and beat them too .
2024 --&-- people are still retiring on $800 / mo. in Siem Reap -- and they report '''comfortably''' ! ---- PP is a bit more expensive - especially near the city center ?
2 live-in housemaid! Is your wife a doctor? 😂. Being Cambodian, we’re taught to trust no one with our children. I live in America for most of my life and have 2 young children at the age of 21 while working a nurse in a major hospital and owning a bakery shop, 7 days a week. Staring at 3am to the bakery shop than home at 7 am- than to the hospital from 8am-5 pm. and back home by 6pm. I cook, did all the housework. Everything was between me and their dad. Yet we never once considered having someone else raising our children. We had enough money for many housemaids. But again, never once consider that option. Is this a new trend?
Hello Cambo Vlog, We have a family of 5 and we spend 9 K per month renting in Massachusetts So if we Move to Srok Khmer And only pay 3K per month for all living costs and one nanny We will save around $70 K per year HMMMMM seems like a no brainer LOL
Those road dividers look more like prison outfits. Sorry to say that. But, would have been nicer if it’s the natural color of the cement. Just my opinions 🫢
It sounds like you got it made over there. Here in Huntington Beach, CA, my 1 bedroom apt is $2,200 alone... total in all expenses are $3,500. I don't go out nor eat out b/c I can't afford to pay $15 for pho and $5 to $6 coffee every day. I have 2 jobs, one fulltime at $21/hr just to pay for all my bills, and I have another part-time job in the gig economy to save, so I can get the hell out of the US to Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia or back to Hawaii.
My mother went to retire in Cambodia in 2006, had 2 maids, extended her life for 18 great yrs b/c my dad passed at only 59 from a stroke from working so much and eating all the processed craps that are in 90% of all food markets 99% in convenience stores. Here, seems like 70% of the people are fat/overweight or unhealthy as fudge. I tried to save with my normal 9 to 5 job, so I can get the hell out of here with no life's enjoyment other than watching UA-cam, etc..., but financially, I can't. That's why I took a 2nd job. It's a vicious cycle of just work and worrying about paying bills like a caged chicken. Yes, things are nice here in So Cal and plenty of things to do, but if you go out once, it'll set you back $300 to $500 per night and worrying as hell about paying bills at the end of the month. Yup, try $28 drinks here... and $10 beer at the clubs or bars. America's reality isn't what it used to be. Remember, $8 for a dosen of decent eggs and $6 for a quart of milk. Time has changed. Inflation is real. People are noticeablly tense and distrusting of one another. My best yrs were when I went to SE Asia to work as a teacher from 2005 to 2012, didn't get paid much, but everything was cheap, and I had time to enjoy my life b/c I work only 6 hours a day and 4 days a week. I miss those $6 massages and $2 beer and $2.50 meals. Yesterday, I treated myself to a massage, it cost me $100 with tip... It was a normal massage.
We're neighbor from Long Beach. I got lucky with rent $1,000 a month. There is no secret to financial freedom except to make more than our expenses. Right now, I'm planning to start a sugarcane drink business and someone told me that during the county fair, a drink business make from $10k-30k a day!
Ya, stay away from California. Way too overpriced to live in Cambodia.
Quality of life is way lower in the states. I’ve lived in SE Asia, California
, and Finland.
This is 💯 how it is! We’re a family of 4 with small kids in the Silicon Valley, CA. Just rent alone is 3750 for a 4 bedroom single family home. Pay wages are high but the cost of living is even higher making it nearly impossible to buy. A single family home in the ghetto will cost you 1 million. My brother is a postal worker and forced to work 6 days per week and 10-14 hours a day. He has to use his sick time or vacation hours just to have some time off.
I'm spending about $1500 per month for everything right now. It's good to hear your living expenses per month to maintain a family lifestyle.👍🏽
As a Khmer Canadian who would love to return to Cambodia one day, it's definitely cheaper living in Cambodia for a family of 3. It's getting more and more expensive in Canada and the US. Either you are very rich or poor as the middle class is shrinking. A lot of retirees are moving to cheaper countries to retire. Cambodia is completely foreign to me but thank God I am still fluent in Khmer.
Yes escape the Canadian winter. It's not for humans lol. You deserve sun and warmth
At least healthcare is free in Canada, unlike the States😢 Cambodian American here, I just moved to Finland to raise my son and I love the fact that Cambodia and Thailand is just a12 hour flight (thanks to Russia, used to be 9)
it is cheaper but we earn also lesser
I am a Cambodian too and living now in Germany. When I will be retired I will back to Siem Reap too were I was born.
I wish you all the best bong.
The rent would be between $3000 to $3500 per month. Driving to work could be more than one hour drive so no lunch at home for sure.
I think pros of Cambodia: Cost / learn language / culture / safety / luxuries that can’t be afforded otherwise (house with car with nanny /house keeper).
Cons: limited opportunities for certain professions or work or education; some of the mentality / cultural differences will limit your success in the West; lack of access to public education / reputable university / potential economic and political instability of Cambodia.
The great thing is you can leverage both with US citizenship- if one plan fails you can adapt and move to the next.
I find living in Cambodia still a better option than the US for many reasons despite all those handicaps. While it's true that there are barriers in those categories that can hinder your success, it takes creativity to live in a society where the law is not force upon you. I look at Cambodia now similar to the US prior to 1913.
Living in US, is to work six, or perhaps, seven days per week if owning a business. Working at least six days if working for others. May be mandatory to work more than eight hours per day (forced over time work). If planning to live in US temporarily for a few months you will get an idea. Keeping your property in Cambodia is the best choice if you decide to go back. Life is best in US if hitting a jackpot.
Yes raise family in Cambodia much better than USA 🇺🇸
Some USA 🇺🇸 states is getting more crazy study about gay & lesbian in class is ridiculous
Not to mention all the shootings holy crap
The mass shootings especially in schools are crazy and then the prices!
Not going to lie. I am going miss the your Cambodia videos once you move back to the states. My wife (japanese) and I (khmer) bing watch your channel and itchyfeet on the daily here from Colorado. But i understand you have to do what’s best for you and your family. Going to continue supporting regardless!
You need to add For Riel and Seyha & Food.
Wow, khmer-japanese couple! Ur the only third one I've ever seen lol, the other two couples were both japanese dudes and cambodian women, how did you and your wife meet? @yourCholly
Family of 3 like you. We are an old fashioned Khmer couple in California. I dont know my expenses. My wife holds the purse strings. I just bring home 7k a month. Side hustles for my hobbies
She put a benji a week in my wallet for "cigarettes and gas." But i drive an ev and dont smoke. Planning on bringing grandma over stateside to save on the nany cost and hopefully spends her golden years here(medical reasons). Might do dual residency, 51% Cambodia, 49% California for tax reasons.
Our expenses in Cambodia would run to about 5k USD for a family of 4, but that includes 2-2.5k for international school for the kids. We choose to live in a nice area, send the kids to an expensive school, eat good (homecooked) food, and have a full time nanny. Wouldn't get this lifestyle for the same money back home.
I think there was a CNBC article on 2 lawyers that needed to make $500k a year for the lifestyle you have now in Cambodia.
@@roundface74 That doesn't surprise me. At the same time, no one should be under the illusion that it is all roses. There are some goods and services that are just not available at an acceptable quality here and you have to adapt. But without a doubt 5k/month goes way further here.
@@Dabloodymess are there other options for kids than the 2k options? Are you border running or have residency?
@@fuqOuttahere333 Definitely cheaper options. For younger kids, many of the cheaper kindergartens and primary schools can be very good. It is when the kids hit high school that you will want the flashy facilities, sports teams etc. I won't go into too much detail, but we are on one year working visas, which are renewed yearly without the need to leave the country.
@@Dabloodymess thanks for the great information! We will be visiting soon, to see if it's a possibility for us. What's your greatest struggle there (other than getting goods)? What's a place you suggest for a good social life and kids activities? Thanks for your help
the avg cost of a live-in nanny in California is around $20 an hour for 10-12 hours of work. I know a person who pays their live-in nanny 80k a year. a family of 3 here with a child about the same age as your daughter. I spend about 7-8k a month without a nanny in Cali. and we usually eat at home and eat out once in a while. Cost mainly due to rent and fuel cost. Maybe we'll be looking to live in Cambodia in the future.
Hello from USA family of 4 here i am spending about 5k a month here...that just one income my wife is a stay home mom...i feel living KH is alot less stress due to the fact we can get a Nanny for a low salary to help us watch the kids i am considering going to live in KH in 2024 but worried making a decent income where we can live comfortably and put less stress for my wife since my 2 youngest in 2 & 3 years old...a handful...thanks for the this video and giving us this real life outlook about KH ... Peace Love and Happiness PaOun Pros
My monthly expenses as a business owner $7k. Personal expenses $5k. Rough guesstimates.
Here in the us, everything is very expensive. Hire a nanny could cost you a fortune. In California, one bedroom apartment rent cost between $2600 to $3000 a month. A bowl of pho now costs $16 plus tips. Car and health insurance cost skyrocketed and required by law to have it. Life here in the US is not as good as the old days. A lot of homeless and crimes. My car license plate got stolen at home and window got smashed at work. This happened to my neighbors, coworkers, almost everyone I know is a victim of crimes. I used go for walk worry free. Now I have to take extra precautions when I walk outside.
So true!!!
Ya, California is overpriced. Even, for a small ugly 3 bedroom 2 bath house with 1 garage and barely no yard that is located in a ghetto or not so nice area in California will cost a little over 1 million dollars. It is insane. An the housing market interest rate is like 7%!! So crazy.
Non live in Nannies are $2500-6000 per month in the Bay Area. Live in Nannies are around $2000-5000 per month. Definitely stay in Cambodia until Eva needs to go to 1st grade for the US school system - You would need to work 3 jobs just to pay your nanny here in the US...
They have excellent international schools there and even with the cost it is probably still cheaper to live in Cambodia than in the US.
The price of your house 's rent is super expensive when compare in Thailand in the same location and in the same size I can rent it for 400 USD per a month in Bangkok or any cities for tourists such as Chiangmai Phuket Pattaya or the seaside city Koh Samui
អេវ៉ាចេះណាស់😍😊🌷 រស់នៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា មានប្រាក់ជីវភាពល្មមគឺរស់បានយ៉ាងស្រួល +មានចំណូលទៀតទាត់ល្មមក៏រស់បាន + អាកាសធាតុអំណោយផល លក្ខខណ្ឌទីតាំងក៏អំណោយផល (មិនងាយមានគ្រោះធម្មជាតិ) ... ខ្ញុំចូលចិត្តរស់នៅខ្មែរ😊🌷
At the end is so funny with you guys lightly bickering with the “pimp” joke 😂
Nanny in the U.S is about $3000 a month easily no room and board just in California I’m talking about. 40 hrs week
In my Khmer family in Chbar Ampov, grandparents, aunties, and neighbors act as the nannies…my wife and I take care of our nieces along with grandparents, great aunties, and we treat them like our kids…their parents work so we help out…the village takes care of them…its a communal thing…but of course, grandparents live with us so we take care of food and living costs just like you…electricity is expensive now, we try not to use air con so much by buying lots of fans but we still spend $250/month.
It’s a lot cheaper to live in Cambodia and also cheaper to help someone in needs . But take your family to the USA and get them USA citizenship. It’s the best thing to do for your family.
I’m raising 2 kinds in the anemia cost a lot of money too . Both of get bachelors from UCLA and get masters degree from Harvard university now both of them make so much money.
We liike also to add the retirement accounts with the 401K employers account, individual IRA and Roth IRA accounts besides the government social security account. After living there for over 40 years, we took our early retirement to travel to see the world with our personal retirement accounts and we can retire any where if we wanted to including Cambodia. Life is short to do the things we don't love doing but life is very precious. Budget our financial requires disciplines and commitment to achieve our financial freedom instead of living with debts. Sharing is caring 🎉
Thanks for the insight of your expenses in Cambodia it seems cheap living out there.
Great video!! Here in Southern Oregon, we spend $1700 on a $300k mortgage for a 1500sf 3/2 (prices of homes/rentals have gone up since we bought); $700ish in groceries, $225 electric, $65 natural gas, $300ish in gas (car), $600 for medical insurance for family with $3k deductible before it kicks in. Sewer water trash maybe $150. Internet $85. Phone family plan $200 for three adults. Life insurance $70. Eating out gets expensive. Then you can double that for all the other stuff like repairs to the car, house projects, birthday parties, random household and living expenses, etc. This is for my husband and I and our two year-old plus a 17yo stepdaughter that lives here half time. We don’t have a car payment but I think that would add a lot. I hope this helps you get an idea as you prep to move back to the States. We are in an area that is slightly higher than the average cost of living but nothing like NY or LA. My husband works full-time, I was doing art lessons for kids until Covid and plan to start again at some point. Daycare is crazy Crazy crazy out of this world expensive; I just stay home with our little guy. Also, we plan to homeschool.
Do reconsider the homeschooling because being at school teaches you more about learning to be and deal with others than just getting content into your head. This is why those kids who had pre-school were shown to have higher achievement because like in a job, interacting well with other people is just as important in how successful you are. If the school in your district is under par, you can supplement by doing some tutoring yourself.
Living here w family is great value & tons of help. Easy to go on holidays w full entourage. We are lucky because we make good money but u can still live well on budget. Agree w your comments on Cambo women are awesome at supporting their man, the West could learn a thing about teamwork as a family. Medical & school are our biggest expenses. Everything else is ok especially if u cam eat local food.
It very expensive now a day living in the US..Especially in the Massachusetts…. With everything, mortgage. Electric, gas/oil , foods and so on..4000 families of 4..
If you can afford $4,000.00 a month in Srok Khmer, you should be able to afford to live anywhere. You might not be able to afford 2 in-house nannies, but you and your wife should be able to manage it. We have 4 kids, and the last 2 sons are twins, and my wife and I managed to live comfortably in the USA with a single income. We cannot afford daycare, so my wife stayed home to take care of the kids. They're now in high school, college and the eldest kid just graduated from college as an RN this year. Good luck to you and your wife with your future move!
Maybe in the Midwest states in the US but not major cities. Also, when the kids grow up, it’ll be more expensive. However, they do have some public assistance in the US until the kids are 18 but it’s terrible to be on it.
Personally, I feel like the US is going downhill and will continue to do so. Crimes, housing affordability, and jobs are getting worse. It might even be safer in Cambodia compared to many parts of the US because most of Cambodia still has a strong Buddhist culture. Gun violence happens too often here in many places if not all of US.
@@mikewhocheeseharry5292 Living in the East Valley of the Sun is as major as any city in the U.S.A. The house price here is nearly as expensive as California these days. If you have a steady job, you should never need any assistance from the government, and you wouldn't qualify for any government assistance anyway. If the kid worked hard in school, they should qualify for an academic scholarship to most major universities in the U.S.A. My two girls went to colleges on their academic scholarships. They worked part time to pay for their apartment and food, and we chipped in some to help them as well. My two boys will be getting scholarships as well. Both parents and kids work hard together will succeed anything... 😁
I lived in Bangkok about 20 yrs ago. I had two maids that came with the home I rented. In contract it said I was to let them go home to their province one weekend outta the month. I had no kids at that time so their job was cooking , cleaning, shopping for me and they gave me massage when I got home from a long day...foot massage that is! For my two maids it cost $100.00 US for both of them a month which was included in rent rate.
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Power bills $250 per month. It’s what am paying in New Zealand with 3 kids and 2 adults. It’s pretty high for Cambodia actually every high
True. I'm spending also $250-300$ for power in Siem Reap. But I really need air condition because I work in home office.
For me, it's $1,500 covers everything with $0 housing, and $0 for transportation. I am a minimalist.
Can you talk about the condo you're renting out? I want to learn and do some type of real investing in home country. Ava is so mab!
You're too funny 🤣 Eva is too mab. There are always pros and cons no matter where we live but it's an option in life. The US has become so expensive to live a comfortable life or with an annual income over 200K for family of three and still can't afford for your personal nanny at home. Good luck with your future planning for your family. We will be back to the Kingdom in a few months. Happy spring from Minnesota 🎉
Eva is map map, it's just baby fat. 😅She will lose the baby fat when she gets older.
Super cute kid.
My house in ct, United States the mortgage is about $1600 per month. And was valued at about $400k when my wife and I bought it. The Cable, electric, water bill and city fees and etc is about $800 total. Car insurance about $270 per month two cars. Both 2020, one suv and a jeep. One car paid off. One still paying about $300 a month, we have one child who is 7 years of age. And let’s say we spend about $700 a month on groceries give or take. So total amount of living in the United States isn’t that different from Phnom Penh Cambodia. From your numbers…Everything in Cambodia is just as expensive if you’re trying to live a okay lifestyle. Oh and btw.. having a great credit score in the United States helps yah out a lot too with the monthly payments on almost everything . That is what people need to understand… yeah your rent is high..your car payments etc is high mainly probably due to your credit score.. 😅
Thank you for this comment. Gives us a better estimate on when we move
@@CamboVlogs Depends on the city you decide to move to. NY, CA, and WA are double those numbers. Health insurance for a family of 3 can run 300-800 with employer sponsored plans you need to add + required car insurance with car payments since you need to get around the big country. Trips to Costco is already $400 a week for groceries here in California. Add up other costs - I think without a Nanny, you are looking at need 150k to 200k gross and 100k net (after tax) to survive in the states, so about double your figures there.
I think living in Phnom Penh is kinda expensive but for expat living in Siem Reap, the cost of living can be much lesser in term of food and amenities.
Be cool to hear more about your visa and how it works in Cambodia . Does EVA have a chance at dual citizenship? Do all residents have national health insurance?
I plan on living in Khmer krom Vietnam in 2 years. We already have land and a house in Phu Tan District in An Giang Province, which is a big khmer krom community next to the cambodia border and the mekong delta. Our house there is 3 levels, 5 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, a place to park your car and scooter. It has a security gate around the house. An all my khmer krom in-laws live nearby.
Ill be travelling to vietnam and visiting Kampuchea Krom are in September. Hope you enjoy the vidoes
@@CamboVlogs you will love the Khmer Krom culture there. You definitely need to visit the ancient Khmer Krom tree in Tra Vinh.
@@solidstudd22 noted. I plan on spending time in Tra Vinh and Can Tho. If you know people there or other places please let me know :)
@@CamboVlogs I do pat. Connect with this Khmer Krom woman in Tra Vinh named “Da Ri”. She is very well known in Khmer Krom Province Tra Vinh and she knows the history very well in all the Khmer Krom history. “Da Ri”and her husband own a nice hotel in Tra Vinh.
@Thai_U.S.A_ Fitness🇺🇲 i tried looking her up but couldnt find her. Maybe you could send me her info through my gmail cambovlogs@gmail.com thanks
Cost of living in canada is insane now. I have to leave the country its impossible to survive
Yes 100% you said is true
How are you planning to survive in the states? Yall have a live in nanny/maid. Good luck trying to do it all yourself in America. Your wife can be self sufficient because she doesn’t do housework that’s 24/7 with a baby, cleaning, cooking😅 I do all of that, plus a full time job while working from home. It’s not easy but I told myself it’s just temporary until I have enough to retire. Now am retired at 38. My job is cleaning, cooking, and hanging out with my son since school is just 4 hour a day in Finland
I think living in Cambodia is already great ! Since living in the USA is very expensive, My rent is $2500 a month, only one income. And we have 5 kids to support. My total bills for a month is $7000 , my husband is planning to build a house in Cambodia and retire there because I know cost of living there is cheap! As long as you know how to survive it’s great out there. Your wife she got a good job , hairstylist and do eyelashes. So you guys should be able to lived there comfortably. Just lived there better than USA brother and sister.
I'm spending $1400 per month as a family with 3 kids in Siem Reap per month.
I will be living in Cambodia sooner. Loved the living cost there than in the United States.👍👍👍🙏❤️💕🇰🇭
Love your family ❤
mind to share with us what kind of work vs business you doing in Cambodia? i left Cambodia many years ago and never been back not even once
Oh my gosh please tell me Ava's birthday because I want to know if it's the same as my nephews birthday who's also 10 months! Thank-you
July 17th
@@CamboVlogs oh ok, my nephews is July 23 one week after. Congratulations again for your baby! She looks just like you,.... with love from California!!
You can’t effort nannies in USA. Life in America is harder to raise family (expensive, education, guns, etc).
That's right Mey. Cambodian wife is in charge of money for the family. I know I am. We have a more secure lifestyle.
My wife holds the purse strings too. I just bring home the money, and she is nice enough to give me gas, noodle, coffee, cigarettes money. I prefer it this way.
That is pretty cheap, my niece pays $280 for the manny !
Cambo-Vlogs. Move to a conservative state in the U.S., like florida. Way cheaper than all the liberal blue states. As an asian family man, married to a khmer krom woman. I make 10k a month and my wife makes 5k a month. We both live good raising 2 kids ages 11yr & 13yr that attend a good public school.
move to battambang you're going to spend half of that. I usually completely covert for 2500$ a month and that's including school for our 6 year old daughter.
It's good Mey regulates your rice intake. That thing can really help you with making the kind of gainz you don't want. -_-
Is there any US banks in Cbdia? And about how many &-Eleven in the country? thx
There’s ABA. It is a Canadian bank.
Love your videos..... keep on going strong.....
My wife and I will be moving to Cambodia or Vietnam in a couple years. Our son is half Chinese half American. We plan to let him and any other children we might have to go to public school for 2 years in whichever country we decide to settle in for language acquisition. Then we'll homeschool them for around $6,000 a year
I didn't expect groceries would be $300 a month. I live in NYC and for my bf and I (mostly lunch and dinner food) I spend about $400-$450 on groceries. However I would say that we don't get paid enough to have freedom to eat out whenever. 1 meal for 2 is at least $100.
America is more pricey for daycare that's not including food and etc...
I can’t hardly wait to to watch your vedio again
Omg Eva is so cute Patrick. ❤❤❤❤
Before eating a dish. Eat some greens and then mix it in. Very important for how you eat. It will be very beneficial. Food festival last night was superb. So much ❤️ love there 😍 sensational. Better than last year. Ok, 70,000 attended last year....this year exceeded that. :-)
Damn 35-4000 a month. 😂 Man i mine as well stay here in U.S. We pay about the same here in U.S. North Carolina
Not with two full-time nannies
I wish he would get to the point, he rambles on, at the end I was no wiser.
Your nanny is right. The egg dish is not what you’re saying. It is very different.
It's way cheaper to cook American food in california because Asian ingredients are way too expensive now 😢
How about gardening?
Amen, cooking Asian food has gotten expensive here in Maine.
Tappin in brother 😃
Did you include any health care and insurance? You are young but with a child you will need many doctor visits. And with time you probably will need some too.
Your blog in nice but sometimes very narrow. The US is not the only country to compare to. Look at ‘dark and happy’ Denmark. 4000 $ would give you sooo much there (except sun and light in winter) 😃😂
Come to think about it, who need nanny. The baby deserved the cares of their parents. Either one of you can stay home to take care of the kid or work on a different shift and take turn to care for the kid... the kid will thanks you for it... 😃
” I am the Boss” says your wife and your dotter won’t share food with you. You have my sympothies😂😂😂
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Lovely house! Which neighborhood is that?
I bet you are every nice and kind to the people that work at your house. Unlike some high powered people in came . They don’t pay their workers and beat them too .
Yeah i try to keep the beatings to a minimum..
Who you said they do that ?
The guy who unsubscribed because you drink sabotaged your tire!
I knew it!
Wow $300 US a month for groceries that is pretty cheap.
How much do you pay per Nanny a month?
family of three living comfortable life in cambodia $1,300 for a month should be enough ..
how and where did you learn khmer
He lived there since 2 years old, so he's more Khmer than most Khmer Americans.
Aww Eva so so cute.
Baby girl so so cute.
Your expenses very high, how would you generate your income?
when i move back from US to my country i want my Outsite house look like your 😂😂
2024 --&-- people are still retiring on $800 / mo. in Siem Reap -- and they report '''comfortably''' ! ---- PP is a bit more expensive - especially near the city center ?
You renting the place in Cambodia?
Yes, he is.
❤❤❤ good evening everyone🙏🌷
What do you do in cambodia?
Sell leah hal
Wow how adorable cutie Eva she’s so beautiful lovely 🥰 you guys have a beautiful lovely family 😍
2 live-in housemaid! Is your wife a doctor? 😂.
Being Cambodian, we’re taught to trust no one with our children.
I live in America for most of my life and have 2 young children at the age of 21 while working a nurse in a major hospital and owning a bakery shop, 7 days a week. Staring at 3am to the bakery shop than home at 7 am- than to the hospital from 8am-5 pm. and back home by 6pm. I cook, did all the housework. Everything was between me and their dad. Yet we never once considered having someone else raising our children. We had enough money for many housemaids. But again, never once consider that option.
Is this a new trend?
in love with the nanny #2 🥺
So cute my baby😊😊
Urban Space for Eva ??
TK.
Hello Cambo Vlog,
We have a family of 5 and we spend 9 K per month renting in Massachusetts
So if we
Move to Srok Khmer
And only pay 3K per month for all living costs and one nanny
We will save around $70 K per year
HMMMMM seems like a no brainer LOL
If its a no brainer why arent you packing your bags
She so cute 🥰👍
So cute baby 😍😍
Amazing as usual. xxx
🤣🤣🤣 pay the pimp
You both must make decent income for spending $4000.00 a month 😂
Omg you have a pure Cambodian accent lol
Those road dividers look more like prison outfits. Sorry to say that. But, would have been nicer if it’s the natural color of the cement. Just my opinions 🫢
I think the bright colors are to reflect the drivers at night to keep the drunken drivers in lines and that are the major problems in the Kingdom 🤡
I am coming back to Cambodia again next year. I want to marry the nanny. The short one. Big thing in little package.
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🇰🇭🇰🇭300ดอลลาร์ต่อเดือน...ในต่างจังหวัดได้ 3 คน....ในเมืองมีเงินเกือบ 1,000 ดอลลาร์ต่อเดือนก็พอแล้ว...😂
Wait… do you have more than 1 wife? I’m not talking about the nannys.
Good idea to buy gold.