Some manage to live frugally, and retire within 5 years: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;earlyretirementextreme.com&#x2F;how-i-became-financially-independent-in-5-years-part-i.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;earlyretirementextreme.com&#x2F;how-i-became-financially-i...</a><p>My personal savings-rate is around 80% (I spend about 1.2k CHF and make around 6.5k CHF) -  I probably can also retire in five years or I will keep on working 20%-40, when I have kids.<p>I live in Zurich, read my story here: &quot;Eight reasons why I moved to Switzerland (to work in IT)&quot; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@iwaninzurich&#x2F;eight-reasons-why-i-moved-to-switzerland-to-work-in-it-c7ac18af4f90" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@iwaninzurich&#x2F;eight-reasons-why-i-moved-t...</a>)