[Turbo]

Milk here is $5.60/gallon.
Bacon is $5.55/lb.
Fresh boneless, skinless chicken breasts are $9.70/lb.
Gas is around $10/gallon.

I've been here since May 5 and I haven't bought gas yet, because I usually walk to work, 2 miles each way. We go out to eat about once a week, and we walk into town, about a half mile, and spend close to $40 on two cheaper meals and a kiddy meal. No extras, tap water to drink. We typically opt for water over pop anyway, but I'm just mentioning it so you know what $40 will get you. No pre-meal is included, which I don't mind skipping, but again, just letting you know what your money gets you. (Meals with steak, chicken, or fish can easily cost over $30 each.)

People here earn less money, pay more for everything, and live in tiny but ridiculously expensive homes with smaller, ineffective appliances. Our refrigerator looks like something a college student would use to store beer and only beer. Our tiny "all-in-one" washer/dryer does a mediocre (and slow) job at washing clothes and is utterly useless when it comes to drying them. Our home in the US is the smallest among our peers, but even we feel kind of cramped here, and the rent+taxes is double our 15-year-mortgage payment+escrow.


That said, I'm having a great time visiting here. I like the little restaurants in town, especially La Galleria, which has the best calzone (with the best ricotta cheese) I've ever had. And the quality of the groceries is great, especially the produce and the dairies, but it is definitely more expensive to live here. We're coming out ahead though because we're on a per diem.


I'm not looking forward to getting home to higher priced gas (and everything else). Hopefully I won't be home long before I get a test vehicle to drive to and from work. That doesn't help when we drive as a family though. Trips to home to PA and Denver are going to be obnoxiously expensive.

[Delmar]

Originally Posted by Turbo

Milk here is $5.60/gallon.
Bacon is $5.55/lb.
Fresh boneless, skinless chicken breasts are $9.70/lb.
Gas is around $10/gallon.

I've been here since May 5 and I haven't bought gas yet, because I usually walk to work, 2 miles each way. We go out to eat about once a week, and we walk into town, about a half mile, and spend close to $40 on two cheaper meals and a kiddy meal. No extras, tap water to drink. We typically opt for water over pop anyway, but I'm just mentioning it so you know what $40 will get you. No pre-meal is included, which I don't mind skipping, but again, just letting you know what your money gets you. (Meals with steak, chicken, or fish can easily cost over $30 each.)

People here earn less money, pay more for everything, and live in tiny but ridiculously expensive homes with smaller, ineffective appliances. Our refrigerator looks like something a college student would use to store beer and only beer. Our tiny "all-in-one" washer/dryer does a mediocre (and slow) job at washing clothes and is utterly useless when it comes to drying them. Our home in the US is the smallest among our peers, but even we feel kind of cramped here, and the rent+taxes is double our 15-year-mortgage payment+escrow.


That said, I'm having a great time visiting here. I like the little restaurants in town, especially La Galleria, which has the best calzone (with the best ricotta cheese) I've ever had. And the quality of the groceries is great, especially the produce and the dairies, but it is definitely more expensive to live here. We're coming out ahead though because we're on a per diem.


I'm not looking forward to getting home to higher priced gas (and everything else). Hopefully I won't be home long before I get a test vehicle to drive to and from work. That doesn't help when we drive as a family though. Trips to home to PA and Denver are going to be obnoxiously expensive.

but trips to Northern Indiana would still be pretty affordable

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