Jazz for aficionados

mary jo, could a boy get by with 445, 000 HRK per anum in Zagreb or Gajnice?

For ca 66.000 USD per year? For half of that per year, 2 persons can live very comfortably, everywhere in Croatia.

Comfortable basic monthly costs for 2:
App ca 3000 HRK (450 USD)
Electricity, water, TV, internet and similar 2000 HRK (300 USD)
Food, drink, up to ca 6000 HRK (900 USD).
I am talking about healthy food (seafood, fresh fruits and vegetables, etc...), not junk food.

Medicaments. Health care is for free but on some medicaments you pay extra, for instance: A person at 80 years old with high pressure, sugar, etc, spends 650 HRK (100 USD). For vitamins, minerals, extra stuff like that.
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Clothing is cheap.
Fuel is ca 9 HRK/1 L (1,5 USD/1 L)
Dentist is either for free or from 300 (44 USD) to 400 HRK (60 USD) per intervention.
Hair cut 10 USD
Car maintenance per year ca 300 USD
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Doctor at social care. For free. One pays extra 10 USD per month to cover additional expenses if any.
Doctor at private care (from 300 HRK/44 USD to 500 HRK/examination).

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Weather - mild.
Food quality - good.
No racism.
Mostly friendly people.
Majority of younger people speaks english.
Water quality - in most of areas, we still drink the water from the pipe.
Air polution - if any, very mild.
Sea - mostly crystal clear.
Religion (mostly Catholicism) - stronger at older and rural population.
Street crime rate - extremely low, if any.
Women - mostly pretty.

Nothing much to add to that, just maybe trying to put it in the perspective.
For 5t usd per month (60t usd a year) you could have a lifestyle of rich man.

Meaning, you could rent any luxury place for living (in any great neighborhood in country, in any town, Zagreb, Split or Dubrovnik) including help or service (cleaning, cooking or medical care) on daily basis.

On top of that, you would be able to afford to dine in about any restaurant of your choice, or get your food delivered to home from it.

Transport is cheap, no need to have a car, you could get a safe, clean and comfortable ride by taxi anytime day or night five minuts after you call it, that will get you anywhere and back, for a price of bag of peanuts.

Still, you would be left with enough money for any concert, cinema or social gathering...or travelling around the country, or suroundning ones (lots of great and diverse nature and places to see)

To be honest, aldo we have foreigners living here (they are quite domestcated now) I am surprised that we do not have much more of them, retired people at least

...and, virtually almost no 'bad neighbourhoods' in whole country (certainly not in any of major towns) meaning that small kids can go to school alone or that people living in smaller buildings are not even locking their doors and you can walk alone (man or female) in any part of town, any time of day or night (not that there is something to do at night, but still)

Crime is done by guys in politics, not on the streets.....

**** Women - mostly pretty. ****

Well, we knew that! 😊

I may have mentioned this at some point. My youngest son’s babysitter was the oldest daughter of a Croatian family that lived on our block. Some of the most wonderful and righteous people I have ever met (the girl is stunningly beautiful). The parents recently moved back to Croatia to their house in the country side. We have an open invitation to visit and hope to make it happen sometime. Sounds like a wonderful place.