That said, the couple estimates they're earning about 40% of what they had been in San Francisco, but not suffering any decrease in their standard of living.
"Having clients in San Francisco, I'm billing San Francisco rates, but in Berlin, rent is 20% of the cost of rent in California," Chris explains. "In Indonesia, dinner is $2 a person."
They do have a savings account as a backup, but they don't plan to use it to fund their everyday lives.