To have a placr for myself, to be able to eat, to be able to actually live life...
>>34966589I'm working on this, but skimping on a place to live, food, necessities is not a good life. only if it affords you opportunity to do what you want. but even that is hard to know if you haven't been responsible for yourself.
>>34966589The truth is that the actual number is zero. It all depends on what your willing to sacrifice.
>>34966589Depends where you live. Where I am in San Antonio, around $1500 per month. That's 1k for rent and 500 for food, gas, phone, insurance, etc.
>>34966589I make about $4300 a month after taxes. $2000 are consumed by housing. I put $1500 into savings every month so the rest is living costs (no car).Adjust for local currency. And I never travel.
>>34966589could you be more vague? This is still too specific for me to provide an answer...
>>34966589I make about $6600/month after taxes. $1500 goes to mortgage, $1500 goes to servicing other debt (student loans, a credit card I'm paying off), $500 goes to utilities, $300 goes to insurance and all that. The remaining ~$2800 is for expenses and I mostly spend it on food + baby stuff.
>>34966589What a stupid question. It's different depending on where you are.
Depends of where you want to live and the life you consider normal.For most Canadian cities if you're single and want to live alone in a suburban area, I'd say 3.5k/month is the ideal minimum. It's enough to cover rent for a decent place, other living costs, a car, and a bit leftover for saving. If you're in an urban area and don't need a car it's closer to 3k. If you're living with a partner or roommate you like it can drop lower to 2.5k or even 2k.
