Planning a move back to India. Been in US for years. The last push has been the recent environment around immigrants in US. But the thinking has been weighing down for a while. Finally, taking the call.
Anyone else on a similar boat or have made the move already?

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If you have 1.5-2M saved through different instruments then you can retire. No need to work in Bharat. If it's less than 0.5 M then you will have to work till you are 60 in Bharat. Cost of living is astronomical now a days. Schooling itself is 30-50 lakhs per kid till 12th. And graduation is another 15-20 lakhs. Kid being American citizen will not get any government seats

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More than sustenance, the need is to stay engaged in professional world. Have a long pathway to retirement. I'm good for FIRE number likely, but can't fathom doing nothing, yet

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Easier if you don’t have a family or kids raised in the US

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KPMG 1 - Transger with current employer doesn't quite translate. More of a backoffice in India. Looking for a new role

Similar boat. There's tremendous loneliness and emptiness here.

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Agree 100 percent. Thinking all of us in the same boat should get a group chat going to discuss options. If nothing else, we make some new friends to help with the loneliness.

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Reditt have threads on R2I. Do go through them. Ton of good discussions

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I came back to India in 2021 due to work stress. I only had $600k when I landed here. I thought I should have saved more but I did enjoy a lot during the 13 years in U.S. so I had no regrets. I took a break for 3 months and then decided to start freelancing. Found remote contracts and some friends helped out. First year I made more than my big 4 salary in India. This year I have 8 employees and released an AI tool which is selling quite a bit. We are on track to hit about 450k USD in revenue. So never give up. I am very happy now and work on my own terms. Also my networth is now close to 1.5M USD so I saved much more in 5 years than I saved in 13 years in U.S.

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Which city are you moving to?

D1: Let’s say you have 2M. How would you deploy that to fund retirement in India in Gurgaon/Bangalore/Hyderabad etc?

SVP, that’s the harsh reality of buying in major metros in India. Both spouse need to be working with good packages. Like my sister and BIL make over 1 Cr gross/year but still renting cos can’t afford to buy home. Unless u have parental property that’s passed and is used for downpayment it’s really tough to buy home.

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