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**Automobill** · 08-03-2012, 12:50 AM

Wow...something's off kilter. Not long ago I worked 40hrs @$10 an hr, per week and netted about $300 after it was all said and done, approx $1200 total for the month. I try and live very cheap, and yeah I have my vices but housing alone is a ball breaker. If I had to pay a deposit(s) 1st/last mo's rent I could never afford it, not even on barely over min wage. Factor in everything else going up in price (utilities, gas, food, misc) and there isn't much left at the end of the month, if any. I found ways to get around some of those costs but it is not easy to survive these days, it used to be a lot easier than it is now.

08-03-2012, 12:50 AM	#5
Automobill Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 632 Senior Member	Wow...something's off kilter. Not long ago I worked 40hrs @$10 an hr, per week and netted about $300 after it was all said and done, approx $1200 total for the month. I try and live very cheap, and yeah I have my vices but housing alone is a ball breaker. If I had to pay a deposit(s) 1st/last mo's rent I could never afford it, not even on barely over min wage. Factor in everything else going up in price (utilities, gas, food, misc) and there isn't much left at the end of the month, if any. I found ways to get around some of those costs but it is not easy to survive these days, it used to be a lot easier than it is now.
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