What are the general living expenses in the US

jbenson

I might be living in the US for about 6 months if I can sort out an internship. I'm awful with currency and also a direct exchange won't necessarily give me accurate info. From your experience how cheaply can you live week to week in the US?
I'm talking student lifestyle, whether it be baked beans as a staple food and living a bedsit with a combined bed/toilet/cooker.

sonic

Depends on where you live. If you live in Texas, you can live nicely for very little. If you live in California, you're fucked

aesir

yea, what city?

Jesse Moody

sonic wrote: »

Depends on where you live. If you live in Texas, you can live nicely for very little. If you live in California, you're fucked

QFT

Justin Meisse

sonic wrote: »

Depends on where you live. If you live in Texas, you can live nicely for very little. If you live in California, you're fucked

Seconded for the DC area

If you've got a place lined up to intern at, try asking HR if anyone at the company needs a roomate. I occasionaly see "new hire needs roomate" emails sent out by HR people on our community email list.

jbenson

not got anywhere lined up yet and I'm applying all over the US. So Texas is a good place to look for and California is off the chart expensive. Good advice thanks

Joshua Stubbles

It does vary greatly. Basically, the fewer the people the cheaper it is. Less demand, so they have to lower prices to drive demand up (in order to then raise prices). Texas has seen the most growth in the past 2 years of any state, because it is one of the cheapest and nicest places. But it won't be that way (cheap) for much longer. Get in while you can

I'm moving from Reno to Seattle, and it's about a 8% increase in overall cost of living. Housing is a lot more expensive, costing $300-400 more on average, for an equal sized or smaller apartment. Utilities are also a bit more expensive.

Use population as a guideline, but not a steadfast rule.

Rick Stirling

Not got anywhere lined up? What about work permits and visas?

Mark Dygert

When you start to nail down locations, it will help to check out apartment hunting sites like www.forrent.com besides getting prices on apartments they some other handy features.