Auckland, New Zealand - NB: everything below has been converted to USD

Expenses:

  * rent - small 1 bedroom in CBD - $1000 p/m

  * food - cheap 1 person - $300 p/m

  * electricity - $80 p/m

  * internet - 10Gb p/m - $30 p/m

  * supermarket ramen - $1.1 per meal

  * big mac meal - $6.8 per meal

  * coffee long black - $2.6 per cup

total = ~$2000 p/m (incl. some entertainment + travel costs etc. NB: depends on lifestyle)

Income:

  * graduate salary - $3150 p/m gross

or

  * median developer salary - $4800 p/m gross

recently #2 on list of easiest places to start up a business - according to a story from HN