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Wow, some of these posts make me kind of miss those days in high school when $50 was a ton of money, and I didn't have to worry about bills and debt.
It also makes me miss living in a low cost of living city, where I could live in a nice apartment for very little money. It's very sobering to now be living in one of the most expensive cost-of-living cities in the US and read what other people are living on. I'm looking at about $1800-$2000 per month in rent ALONE, just rent, on a 2 bedroom apartment in this city. But grad students are supposed to be poor anyway, and as far as grad student standard of living goes, I'm way up there. Get your degree in a useful engineering field, and you won't have to worry about student loans! Grad school is paid for!
It also makes me miss living in a low cost of living city, where I could live in a nice apartment for very little money. It's very sobering to now be living in one of the most expensive cost-of-living cities in the US and read what other people are living on. I'm looking at about $1800-$2000 per month in rent ALONE, just rent, on a 2 bedroom apartment in this city. But grad students are supposed to be poor anyway, and as far as grad student standard of living goes, I'm way up there. Get your degree in a useful engineering field, and you won't have to worry about student loans! Grad school is paid for!
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, I usually buy a couple hundred bucks worth of computer hardware in a month, and now that I think about it I don't really know where the rest goes... Oh, I take the bus, so that's $100/mo, I buy a few coffees each day, so that adds up, maybe $150/mo... It seems I'm never getting ahead, I can never seem to save any money, but I'm never in debt, so I'm happy.
