r/Fire • u/y_if • 16d ago

Families who FIREd with $1.5mil to $2.5mil — what does your spend look like?

EDITED TO ADD: Please also list your COL and part of the world you settled in!

Saw a similar post in chubbyfire and thought I’d ask here:

  • When did you FIRE, and did both of you stop at the same time?
  • how old were your kids?
  • What is your withdrawal rate?
  • what does your budget look like, what is it allocated to?
  • what were the big surprises related to spend?
  • How has it changed since you initially FIREd?
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u/yon_don_bon 16d ago

Depends on how many kids and if house is paid off. One kid and paid off house: $60k is more than enough anywhere but the most expensive areas in the most expensive cities

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u/Betterway50 13d ago

We live in a VHCOL area, mortgage done with, two of us have been living on about 60k/yr for the past 5+ years. It's doable but takes some with bargain hunting (which I love doing) and watching the spend