From: ichudov@Algebra.COM (Igor Chudov @ home)
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 13:51:25 +0800
To: ravage@ssz.com (Jim Choate)
Subject: Re: poverty traps (Re: Sa (fwd)
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Jim Choate wrote:
> > Food: $600/month (generous)
> 
> Hell, I'm single and come close to this and food costs in Texas are a LOT
> lower than in New York. Though I do eat out at lunch every weekday. And no,
> I don't go partying regularly at all. Way too busy with work (>16hrs/day
> 5 days a week & 16-20 on weekends) to do that other than a couple of times a
> month. I went to the store today and bought enough food for 4 days and it
> cost me $30. So that comes to something like $250 - $300 for me not counting
> lunches, and that's for just a single person. Multiply that for 6 and the
> numbers are considerably higher.

Oh my Gawd! And I thought I was spending too much on food! I guess the
prices in OK are the same as in TX.

	- Igor.