Liepāja Disability Pensioners Live Like Royalty: 337 Euros Per Month — In Riga You Couldn't Even Feed a Cat With That
Statistics reveal that Liepāja's disability pensioners with their 337 euros can afford almost everything — if, of course, 'everything' means potatoes and pasta.
A nationwide sensation! Liepāja's disability pensioners reached financial Olympus in December — an average of 337 euros per month. That's almost as much as one week costs in Riga, living in a basement corner and eating only Rimi sale products.
'With these 337 euros I'm doing so well that I don't even think about Riga life,' says local pensioner Jānis Vēja-Dzirnaviņš. 'There I'd need at least 1000 to live the same way as here — that is, with sauces and dreams.'
Interestingly, men receive an average of 343 euros, while women get 331 euros. This 12-euro difference can most likely be explained by the fact that men more often suffer accidents trying to fix roofs during Liepāja storms, while women wisely sit at home and watch the wind fix everything itself.
76,240 pensioners across Latvia live on this sum, which in Liepāja even allows for some savings — because where else does the wind dry your laundry for free, blow snow off the sidewalks, and provide complimentary hairstyle changes every day?
In Riga, of course, you can only dream of a normal life with 337 euros. But we in Liepāja know — good wind and the right attitude are worth more than any euros in the bank.
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