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Originally Posted by sarettah
So, I was making $440/month before taxes and my rent for a ghetto type apartment was $100/month.
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https://kelowna.craigslist.org/apa/d...739040964.html
$1550 for a 300 sqft studio... making like $30 an hour, you'll take home about $1800 every 2 weeks... after phone ($100), gas (at least $200 a month to get to work, $10 a day commute), insurance($100 a month on a 1993 Acura Integra), internet ($50 a month)... you're looking at $2000 in overhead before food, entertainment, gym, savings... So that $1600 you have left over, probably like $400 for food, $50 gym, $150 for entertainment... so then you're down to $1000 a month extra for every other expense... real thin livin' in Canada even working full time at $30 an hour as a single person...
Now imagine minimum wage... you'll be renting a room for $900-$1000 a month and that will be 50% of your income right there... unless you share a room with a literal roommate that sleeps in the same room as you, but you can at least get a bed for $500 a month...