Originally Posted by cerewa
As I understand it, it's very cheap to live in much of the third world.
I wouldn't call the third world car free. Most people may not own cars there, but there are still people with cars. The drivers are as bad or worse than industrialized nations. Here is an interesting article that deals with cars in the third world written by a Bangladeshi:
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/3/13/3325/49568