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Comment by csmeder | Hacker News Reader

San Luis Obispo, CA

  Apartment Rent + Utilities: $400-$600
  Internet (1 Mbps): $25
  Food: $250
  Phone: $50
  Transport (Bike): $20


  A decent meal: $8-$30

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Santa Barbara, CA

Apartment Rent + Utilities: $900 Food: $250

Lawrence, Kansas

Apartment Rent + Utilities: $200 - $500 Food: Same

I miss Kansas sometimes =(

Nice. ;) I'm up North of the bay....

Apartment Rent: $1766 (4 mo. contract), was $1395 (14 mo. contract) Utils: $115 or so (electric, trash/water)

Manhattan, KS Apartment Rent: $385 Utils: $100

Heading back to good ol` Kansas at the end of the year.

You must be living in a shanty at those prices (or you have roommates) in SLO, CA.

You can get a decent 2 bedroom for $1100 or less ($550) per person. I just searched craigslist to confirm. If you luck out you can live in a really nice 5 bedroom house for $500 per bed room. I have two separate friends who have found such places.

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