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skullbone posted...

The $1600 was after taxes actually but yeah I get where you're coming from. My post wasn't meant to be negative I'm just saying you could easily afford a studio with a 40 hour a week minimum wage job.

$800 a month for rent is daunting but speaking from experience don't let it intimidate you if you're seriously about living by yourself in a big city

Yeah, I think long term I just am going to have to find a way to make a studio apartment work. I am going to try and find one for $700 or so, that way if the cost goes up over time, It'll still hopefully stay around $800 on average for the next 10 years or so (hopefully).

Then I will use my savings to suppliment my $1000 a month, and see if there are some things I can do (like babysitting/being a nanny etc) that can also help earn money. I won't be able to read much (currently have to use a huge 4k TV to do so) but I should still be able to do some jobs that don't require driving etc.

I'm fine for now living on under 1k a month due to renting a room (for $575 a month), but.....With a base of even $700 + utilities and internet, even if I ditch my car insurance (and cars), I'll still have cell phone bills etc, that is going to bring my base cost per month (before food) to about $900.

I could......survive on $100 a month for food, but yeah, it wouldn't be much fun. So supplimental income is going to be needed. I do have savings that will help as well, but I hate the idea of using them for every day living expenses, so hopefulll there will be some jobs I can still do to make up the rest. I'd personlly likk at least $100 a week to spend on food, which means a minimum of $1300 a month probably total to break even.

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