[borgia]

Unless the person in question took the money and ran off to join a tribe in Africa or similar for the rest of their days, the point still stands.

[masukomi]

I've been to a lot of places in Latin America that have roads, and modern construction houses, electricity, water, and cell connections where $182k would last you a very VERY long time. decades easily. I met a man in Peru with a restaurant directly on the Panamerican, and two taxis who was doing very well for himself earning $5k a year...

[donkeyd]

And it's pretty easy to leave everything you have and know behind, and start over in a new country where standards of living are totally different.