People above 25, is Nepal really headed for doom?

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• dk bout Nepal but my life is def heading towards eternal doom

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  Let's strive for a simple, happy life: a husband, wife, and two kids in Kathmandu. Rent will cost you at least 15k for a decent 2BHK. Food at home will require a minimum of 25k. You need to send the kiddos to school. Assuming you enroll them in an average private school, it will cost you between 5k to 10k per child, totaling 15k (average 7.5k per child). Assuming you have a car, fuel and maintenance will be around 5k per month. Let's allocate the rest to miscellaneous expenses (internet, phone bills, insurance, occasional shopping, medical expenses, entertainment, travel, etc.) and budget 15k a month for this.

  That is 75k per month just to maintain a decent lifestyle in Kathmandu. Yes, you can try to be frugal with your expenses, but let's avoid that for now. This may vary in smaller towns, but your monthly expenses will definitely range from 25k to 50k to sustain a good standard of living.

  Earning 75k a month, and accounting for a 10% to 15% yearly increment while adjusting for inflation, you will end up with no home, no investment, and a small emergency fund when you retire.

  My personal belief is that Nepal isn't headed for doom; it is already doomed at least for our generation, but it is not yet at rock bottom. I don't think my generation (born in the 90s) will see much hope, considering that 80% of the youth are eager to go abroad, holding their passports in their right hands, waiting for a visa.

• A guy in early thirties here!

  It's not, trust me! It might not have been better, but it's at least the same. Unstability is just attached to our political system, and it's been there since 2007BS. Youths are flocking out of the country, as we are getting to know more about opportunities in foreign land. That's not bad. They will send back more money to Nepal, and that's already happening right now. If you are old enough, you can remember the days of civil war, bandhas, and chakka jams almost once every week.

  The question might be: Is the economy getting worse? May be right now it is, but so is the situation in many parts of the world. It's just a cycle. It'll get better. Things might change, business that can not thrieve might go out of existence, but new ones, new kinds, will pop up.

  What should you do (if you are asking that)? My answer is to do what you want and what you can. If you want to go abroad and afford to do so, go ahead. If you are finding Nepal fun and nice, keep enjoying. You'll hardly find a laid-back country like Nepal if you leave. It's just that you have to enjoy the tides of unstable government and forever happening political drama.

• Depends on what you mean by doom i guess

• Khai Nepal ma bhako manche sabai baira jadai chhan. Sabai Sathi haru le gadi chadeko iPhone chalako dekhera sabailai Jana maan lagcha.
  Nepal ma kei nagarera ama bau le kamako khayera basne bani. Ama bau ko paisa le na afulai iPhone aune na naya gadi.
  Fast forward: choro/chori bidesiyo. Sabai kura safa. Sabai ramro. Aba afai mehenat garera kamayera afulai j maan layo tei Kinne.
  Fast forward some more: Family bata tadha huda feeling of loneliness, depression, anxiety.

  Pick your poison.

• Doom is boom

• Nepal is not heading for doom. Doctors are leaving for better opportunities. It wasn’t possible in the past.

• Just to give you some positive info: if kulman is allowed to work for many years. There is plan to produce atleast 10000 MW electricity. This would double if not triple the gdp of this country.

• Been abroad for a year, what I feel is why I did not come earlier just after I completed my bachelor.

• Yes, move out of Nepal, Nepal going to be shit hole in coming years. Better move out fast as you can good luck brother.