Time for the money thing again? How much are you spending these days?

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How much money a month does it cost you to live?

$0-$500
5
8%
$500-$750
5
8%
$750-$1000
7
12%
$1000-$1500
19
32%
$1500-$2000
10
17%
$2000-$3000
5
8%
$3000-$5000
5
8%
$5000-$7500
1
2%
$7500-$10,000
1
2%
More than $10,000
1
2%
 
Total votes: 59
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9-12 years ago i spending much more than i do now and was living rent free
International schools & travelling alot take a huge chunk of change/month
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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St13
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Kangaruchi wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 9:46 pmSt13
Must be near Sun Moon hotel?
Boredom is like a shroud
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Doc67 wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:19 am
orichá wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:15 am
hanno wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 7:25 amI am not exactly new to the region, having worked in Siem Reap for 6 years and in Vietnam for 20. PP is considerably more expensive than either. My budget for rent is $1,500; haven’t found anything I like yet. That sort of money would get me a nice flat in Berlin!
Lol. I have a place for 250, newish, with swimming pool... (I need to exercise daily to recondition my broken leg.)

Why in the world would you want to throw away 1,500 on rent!? You can get whole houses for 500, even in Phnom Penh.
Where? I am seriously interested.
Lots in sensok area for 400.
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truffledog wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:36 pm
Kammekor wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 8:48 pm
truffledog wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 8:28 pm just to note that the average YEARLY income of cambodian citizen is roughly 2000-3000 US$. You will find stats that are even well below those figures.
Yes, many Cambodians struggle financially in day to day life. It's one of the reasons we have a Cambodian living in with us to support the studies But I don't think that's the scope of this poll.
The interesting comparison is the fact that CEO members seem to spend 6-7 times an average cambodian salary (as pool per NOW)
My family (4 plus 1 live in) live on one salary. My neighbors live on 4 salaries.
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Soriya wrote: Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:35 am
Lots in sensok area for 400.
Imagine the daily horror of living in Sen Sok and working in the riverside area. You'd waste at least an hour a day unless your work started at 5 am end ended at 2 PM.
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Kammekor wrote: Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:41 am
Soriya wrote: Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:35 am
Lots in sensok area for 400.
Imagine the daily horror of living in Sen Sok and working in the riverside area. You'd waste at least an hour a day unless your work started at 5 am end ended at 2 PM.
No idea where the guy lives, just posted for info
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About $1200 for me - wife, 3 year old son, no rent. I don't know where it all goes.
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I live in TK but Sen Sok side of Boeung Kak 1, daily commute to office down near Chbar Ampov is about an hour each way in a car confirmed. .. but on two wheels, 20 mins door to door.
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
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Spigzy wrote: Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:56 am I live in TK but Sen Sok side of Boeung Kak 1, daily commute to office down near Chbar Ampov is about an hour each way in a car confirmed. .. but on two wheels, 20 mins door to door.
I'm blaming you for global warming. :D
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