Ask HN: What Are The Costs of Living?

Re:Ask HN: What Are The Costs of Living? by alandjackson on Monday November 07, 2011 @10:48AM (#3206676)

I lived on around 13k after taxes all through college, it isn't that hard. I still spent money on going out to eat, computers, etc.

Assuming you are single (otherwise, this whole exercise changes), then they biggest factor is room mates. 2 people sharing a 2 bedroom apartment (and utilities/food/etc) can easily live comfortably on the $15k-$17k after tax income each.

You can easily get MUCH cheaper by having 2-3 room mates.

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Re:Ask HN: What Are The Costs of Living? by gareim on Monday November 07, 2011 @07:33PM (#3208888)

I guess for all those people who can't figure out how to live on 20k a year, they should take a look at college students, haha. I've heard that a lot of money can be saved simply by never eating out, so if you can get by on 13k, then it should be VERY doable on 20k, especially without eating out.

Thanks for the reply!

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