Cost of living comparison¿which is your ideal cost of living? -
spanish_courage - 12-19-2012
Hi everybody! I think this post will be very useful if you want to move to another city..
I have just found a useful website where you can compare the cost of living between two cities:
http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/comparison.jsp
We can calculate and post the results of our cost of living,depending on:
*Food
*Housing
*Clothing
*Education
*Transportation
*Health care
*Entertainment
*Miscellaneous
For example my cost of living here in Spain is about 500 euros per month:
*Food-->200 euros ,gym supplements included
*Housing-->150 euros per month ,shared appartment with another 3 persons.
*Clothing-->I use to buy and renovate it each 6 months..doing a good inversion to not to do more unnecesary shopping
*Education-->Actually not needed
*Transportation-->I don't use nowadays,always by walk
*Health care-->350 euros per year(I think this a health insurance must be obligatory)
*Entertainment-->I don't drink alcohol,so I use to spend about 10 euros month in drinks(coca zero and so)
*Miscellaneous-->Books mainly approximately 30 euros /month
My plans are to move to another Eastern Europe country and have a cheaper cost of living(mostly a change of life,I'm boring to live in the same place all my life)
¿and which is your cost of living?
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Pete - 12-19-2012
Where in Spain do you live?
Anyways. My cost of living varies per month. Here's an estimate:
(USD)
*Food: Anywhere from $200 to $600 (Depends if I eat at restaurants)
*Housing: Only have to pay utilities which run about $150
*Clothing: anywhere from $100 to $300
*Education: not needed, graduated from university.
*Transportation: from $200- $300. Only on gas. Here gas is about $1/liter
*Healthcare: I have two healthcare plans. One is $66, the other one it's about $75. If I need medication it's out of pocket.
*Entertainment: Sometimes $100 sometimes nothing. I'm trying to focus on my craft so I'm cutting down on the times I go out.
*Misc.: about $100 on books, etc.
This month I could say I have only spent about $300 on everything (including some antibiotics I had to buy) above as I haven't gone out because I was sick for about 2 weeks.
That said I like to travel and last year it ran me about $6000 in travel expenses. I think I went to miami, nyc, and two times to the dominican republic.
Cost of living comparison¿which is your ideal cost of living? -
Beyond Borders - 12-19-2012
Y'alls might want to check out and contribute to this other thread here, where we've been compiling some cost of living data for different countries:
List the Cost of Living in Your Favorite International Destinations
Cost of living comparison¿which is your ideal cost of living? -
spanish_courage - 12-23-2012
Quote: (12-19-2012 05:09 PM)Pete Wrote:
Where in Spain do you live?
Anyways. My cost of living varies per month. Here's an estimate:
(USD)
*Food: Anywhere from $200 to $600 (Depends if I eat at restaurants)
*Housing: Only have to pay utilities which run about $150
*Clothing: anywhere from $100 to $300
*Education: not needed, graduated from university.
*Transportation: from $200- $300. Only on gas. Here gas is about $1/liter
*Healthcare: I have two healthcare plans. One is $66, the other one it's about $75. If I need medication it's out of pocket.
*Entertainment: Sometimes $100 sometimes nothing. I'm trying to focus on my craft so I'm cutting down on the times I go out.
*Misc.: about $100 on books, etc.
This month I could say I have only spent about $300 on everything (including some antibiotics I had to buy) above as I haven't gone out because I was sick for about 2 weeks.
That said I like to travel and last year it ran me about $6000 in travel expenses. I think I went to miami, nyc, and two times to the dominican republic.
I live in Castilla la Mancha
in which city do u live?
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Pete - 12-23-2012
Quote: (12-23-2012 10:06 AM)spanish_courage Wrote:
Quote: (12-19-2012 05:09 PM)Pete Wrote:
Where in Spain do you live?
Anyways. My cost of living varies per month. Here's an estimate:
(USD)
*Food: Anywhere from $200 to $600 (Depends if I eat at restaurants)
*Housing: Only have to pay utilities which run about $150
*Clothing: anywhere from $100 to $300
*Education: not needed, graduated from university.
*Transportation: from $200- $300. Only on gas. Here gas is about $1/liter
*Healthcare: I have two healthcare plans. One is $66, the other one it's about $75. If I need medication it's out of pocket.
*Entertainment: Sometimes $100 sometimes nothing. I'm trying to focus on my craft so I'm cutting down on the times I go out.
*Misc.: about $100 on books, etc.
This month I could say I have only spent about $300 on everything (including some antibiotics I had to buy) above as I haven't gone out because I was sick for about 2 weeks.
That said I like to travel and last year it ran me about $6000 in travel expenses. I think I went to miami, nyc, and two times to the dominican republic.
I live in Castilla la Mancha
in which city do u live?
Humacao and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Cost of living comparison¿which is your ideal cost of living? -
spanish_courage - 12-29-2012
Quote: (12-23-2012 12:59 PM)Pete Wrote:
Quote: (12-23-2012 10:06 AM)spanish_courage Wrote:
Quote: (12-19-2012 05:09 PM)Pete Wrote:
Where in Spain do you live?
Anyways. My cost of living varies per month. Here's an estimate:
(USD)
*Food: Anywhere from $200 to $600 (Depends if I eat at restaurants)
*Housing: Only have to pay utilities which run about $150
*Clothing: anywhere from $100 to $300
*Education: not needed, graduated from university.
*Transportation: from $200- $300. Only on gas. Here gas is about $1/liter
*Healthcare: I have two healthcare plans. One is $66, the other one it's about $75. If I need medication it's out of pocket.
*Entertainment: Sometimes $100 sometimes nothing. I'm trying to focus on my craft so I'm cutting down on the times I go out.
*Misc.: about $100 on books, etc.
This month I could say I have only spent about $300 on everything (including some antibiotics I had to buy) above as I haven't gone out because I was sick for about 2 weeks.
That said I like to travel and last year it ran me about $6000 in travel expenses. I think I went to miami, nyc, and two times to the dominican republic.
I live in Castilla la Mancha
in which city do u live?
Humacao and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
but you're from USA originally?