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Re: That Wacky Cost of Living
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Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:18:52 GMT
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jsproat@io.comAVOIDSPAM
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Kya Morden wrote:
> Anyway I've been looking through the Trib's website and have seen a
> fair amount of apartments around $400. So the big question becomes,
> does anyone have any idea how much a month I'm REALLY looking at to
> live by myself in an apartment?
When I started out on my own, I paid about $350 a month to live in relative
squalor. However, I understand that I was adversely affected by two factors:
1. I was living in Utah Valley, a cauldron of lots of student-housing with
inflated fees; and 2. I didn't take a real close look at the apartments before
I signed the contract. I have a few friends who have lived in a reasonably
clean student apartment (shared bath and kitchen, single bedrooms) for about
the same price.
Unless you become frugal and real skilled at cooking at home, figure that food
will run you about $15-20 a day -- call it $600 a month. The bus will cost
about $30 a month, comparable with a monthly gas bill if you drive. Bare
necessities, therefore, could run you ~ $1000 a month, or $12,000 a year.
Note that these numbers reflect poverty-level student-style living in Utah
County. YMMV.
> What would be a realistic hourly wage
> at presumably 40 hours a week?
Minimum wage is, what, $6.25? (I need to double-check that!) Working full
time, that'd give you $12,500 a year -- less than $100 a month for pocket
change.
I'd recommend a job with significantly higher pay -- commission sales, or
something in the computer industry perhaps.
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
Change is good, but you can't keep it in your pockets forever.
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| (...) If you don't mind sharing the apartment, your rent can get down to $250 or even as low as $200. I was living in the same apartments as Jeremy at the time and only paid $250 for the single bedroom and 1/2 bath. The shower/Jacuzzi was shared (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| Well, as some of you may remember from previous and various posts, I'm been considering moving back to Utah. The only problem is, I don't have a particularly realistic idea how much it would cost to live there. I figured the SLC Lugnet subgroup (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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