Cost of Living in Different Parts of the States

[DavidC]

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All the Cost of Living info you need can be found at www.google.com

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Clark, as always, you are wiser than your somewhat silly username would imply. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

And you're definitely right about this.

But then I wouldn't have gotten the New Orleans suggestion, which is truly awesome! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

--Dave.

[DavidC]

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As said before, the dirty south is the cheapest. If you go to LA it's gonna be probably $1500 to rent an apartment. Las Vegas has a pretty cheap cost of living, I think apartments run there for about $750.

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Silly question, but how the hell do you guys get people to work at McDonald's out there (in LA)... do they bus in from out-of-town? Do they live with like 4 people in a cardboard box? Do they have a really high minimum wage in Cali or something?

--Dave.

[touchfaith]

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As said before, the dirty south is the cheapest. If you go to LA it's gonna be probably $1500 to rent an apartment. Las Vegas has a pretty cheap cost of living, I think apartments run there for about $750.

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Silly question, but how the hell do you guys get people to work at McDonald's out there (in LA)... do they bus in from out-of-town? Do they live with like 4 people in a cardboard box? Do they have a really high minimum wage in Cali or something?

--Dave.

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[hotsauce615]

http://www.craigslist.com/ is a nice site to check out apts. I was able to sublet a place in Santa Monica when my job took me there, but I'd never reccomend living there if you want to live cheap. A southern college town is dead on if you want to save money and live in warm weather.

[ChipWrecked]

The Memphis area would make it easy for you to play casino poker (in Tunica) if you're inclined. You can check out the blues scene and go see Graceland! The Mississippi Gulf Coast casinos are easily reached from New Orleans as well.

Regarding L.A., it ain't all Beverly Hills. There are vast areas that are none too nice but affordable (if you have a death wish). Then you take a bus or ride a bicycle to your low wage job. Oh, yeah. You need two or three low wage jobs.

[treeofwisdom7]

Alright i live in hawaii. There is two places in Hawaii you can live. In the big town that you see on tv or the small calm quit towns. A town like Oahu is too expensive for anyone in Oahu to aford. I would think a small crap apt would run you at least 1k but they do have a great bus system. A island like Hawaii *bigisland* is much cheaper but has nothing to offer [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]. A apt. runs from 700-800 maybe less if you dont mind the roaches. I think everything else will cost about the same as anyother state.

[hotsauce615]

I lived in bad parts of NYC me entire life, but nothing freaked me out more than when I took a wrong turn in LA and was driving around Compton and Krenshaw. I thought I was in Boyz in the Hood.

[jakethebake]

monster.com hgas a cost of living comparison calculator.

[LittleOldLady]

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All the Cost of Living info you need can be found at www.google.com

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Clark, as always, you are wiser than your somewhat silly username would imply. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

And you're definitely right about this.

But then I wouldn't have gotten the New Orleans suggestion, which is truly awesome! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

--Dave.

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I should add that New Orleans has way more to offer than, say, a southern college town (Starkville, MS, anyone?). But if you want a college atmosphere, you can have it in New Orleans--in the Tulane-Loyola area. BTW it is still possible to find an affordable-ish small place in the Quarter, not dirt cheap, but not out of sight. Every week of the year there are world class eating, world class drinking, world class music, and world class partying--all relatively cheap because New Orleanians expect the best in this fields and refuse to pay a lot. There are also periodic special events, like carnival-Mardi Gras and Jazzfest which beat southern college towns all hollow. New Orleans also has collegiate and professional sports (although our teams suck, and the hockey is at the moment defunct) and poker rooms (Harrah's and the MS Gulf Coast). If you like fishing and hunting (YUCK!), Louisiana is the sportsman's paradise. I am, perhaps inappropriately, assuming that your main interests are poker and partying, but if you have other kinds of interests (nature and wildlife, history, cultural activities, etc.), New Orleans has a lot to offer. The swamps are amazing, and, yes, alligators crawl up into suburban backyards. We really do have giant oaks trailing Spanish moss and plantation houses and Mardi Gras Indians and Zulu kings, and lots of other neat stuff. (Do I sound like the tourism center?)

If New Orleans is so great why I am in the process of moving to Vegas? Well, there is an answer to that.....

I am in the same boat as you, a canadian that plans to head somewhere warm for the winter and continue playing online.

Im thinking of heading to brazil or costa rica in november. The flights are expensive from canada, but the cost of living is low (at least in brazil), im just not sure about finding reliable internet connection.

I lived in miami for 6 months in 02 and the cost of living wasnt that bad. I rented a furnished bachelor for 600us just north of south beach (was a 5 min bus or taxi to south beach). Lot of fun times, and it was no trouble for a canadian renting, setting up internet, finding a gym nearby etc. I lived pretty cheap, but you could easily spend alot of money aswell. I may have just lucked out finding a decent place right away.

I liive in a suburb of vancouver bc and pay $500 a month for rent. No job or commitment to tie me down so may aswell do some traveling. If poker goes bad, Atleast you gain some life experience and have a good time!

Good Luck!