Depends on cost of living if you're looking at it from his perspective. In the state of West Virginia that money would go a lot further on average compared to California or New York (and going by city the divide gets even greater).

We don't know what field of employment your boyfriend is in, but if he's comfortable sending $2000 a month abroad, that means he has either a spectacular job in a high cost of living area, or an okay job in a medium to low cost of living area at minimum.