How much is it costing you to live? (Again)

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How much does it cost you to live in Cambodia per month?

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14%
$500 - $1000
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18%
$1000 - $1500
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20%
$1500 - $2000
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18%
$2000 - $3000
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14%
$3000 - $5000
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6%
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2%
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$10 000 - $15 000
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8%
My life is dope.
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I worked until I had enough passive income that would never run out in my life time that's when I retired, how much is enough? Well that is different for everyone..
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Clemen wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:53 pm Food, $36 (usually less)
What do you eat? Dust?
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nerdlinger wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 1:00 am
Clemen wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:53 pm Food, $36 (usually less)
What do you eat? Dust?
I agree,36$ for a month is a pretty shit diet.
Roughly 30 cents a meal for 3 meals a day. I used to.donate more than that a month out of my wages to feed an ethiopian.kid.
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Soriya wrote:
theKid wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:36 pm
GF HK: 3000ish (just regular shit, not counting the occasional gifts)
Who spends 3k a month on just regular shit for a gf?
An ugly rich guy?
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Soriya wrote:
nerdlinger wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 1:00 am
Clemen wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:53 pm Food, $36 (usually less)
What do you eat? Dust?
I agree,36$ for a month is a pretty shit diet.
Roughly 30 cents a meal for 3 meals a day. I used to.donate more than that a month out of my wages to feed an ethiopian.kid.
My first thought as well. Almost impossible unless you're skinny as hell and only eat Khmer food, and very bad/little of it at that.
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Has to be a typo, surely $360.
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Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:27 am
Soriya wrote:
nerdlinger wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 1:00 am
Clemen wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:53 pm Food, $36 (usually less)
What do you eat? Dust?
I agree,36$ for a month is a pretty shit diet.
Roughly 30 cents a meal for 3 meals a day. I used to.donate more than that a month out of my wages to feed an ethiopian.kid.
My first thought as well. Almost impossible unless you're skinny as hell and only eat Khmer food, and very bad/little of it at that.
:facepalm:
OR he makes the rounds with the monks and eats / lives with them ( note he says no rent, no electricity bills and only drinks rain water)
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If you are young and single, don't go out on the piss, don't take drugs and don't bang hookers then you can live easily on $100 a week plus rent.

But if you are young and single, don't go on the piss, don't take drugs or bang hookers what are you doing here?

And there's the rub.
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If I was to say home and cook all my own meals, not go out I'd move back home to nz or Australia it would be cheaper food wise and better only exception would be utilities cost
Friends of mine moved back to England a year ago and found it cheaper but that's eating home not going out
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atst wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:17 am If I was to say home and cook all my own meals, not go out I'd move back home to nz or Australia it would be cheaper food wise and better only exception would be utilities cost
Friends of mine moved back to England a year ago and found it cheaper but that's eating home not going out
Not only the price, but also the quality, choice and ready availability. When I was back in the UK in March I went to the butchers. I forgot what proper meat supplies looked like. If only there was one decent butchers in Phnom Penh, but there isn't.
Over here it is a major logistical effort to track down and buy decent meat in the cuts you want. And it costs lots more. Oh for fresh meat, not frozen.

The chicken ain't bad though, to be fair.
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