The Price of Living

[DankNuggets]

A lot of discussion seems to evolve over how much things cost in different areas of the world. I just wanted to get a perspective about how much people spend on the little stuff. A lot of this stuff would change day to day, so just give a somewhat current number. (don't include sales/deals/i know a guy)

For example:

A gallon of gasoline : $3.25/gal
A bottle of namebrand water : $1.29 for a 20 oz. bottle of Dasani
A 6-pack of say Newcastle/other imports : $8.99
A 6-pack of say Budweiser/other domestics : $5.99
A dutchmaster cigar : $1.00
A McDonalds Doublecheeseburger : $1.00
An 1/8th of decently good weed : $45.00
An oz of crap weed : $60.00
Bus fare : $1.50
Going to see a movie : $5-$6 for students, $7-$8 otherwise

Also, some geographic information would help too:

Southeastern United States, City of 100,000-500,000 people

[Cops]

Country: Canada,
Province/State:Ontario

City of Mississauga, just on the outskirts of Toronto. We're the biggest suburb that surrounds Toronto. Majority of people live here and commute to Toronto.

Population Size: 700,000

Bus Fare - $2.50 - 2.75
Go Train/Go Buses (fast way of traveling to Toronto) - $6.45
A six pack of cheap beer (lucky, lakeport) - $6-7
A six pack of Molson/Moose/Decent Beer - $12
Movie Theaters - $9-10
Mcdonalds double cheeseburger - $1.39
Average Bic Mac / McChicken Combo - $7
An 8th of decent weed (3.5 grams) - $40
An ounce of shit weed (28 grams) - $120
An ounce of good weed (28 grams) -$150-220
Tuition for College - $2500 - 5000
Tuition for University - Anywhere from $5000 - 10,000 per year
Tuition for Graduate School - $7,000 - 15,000

[Birthday Party]

That's funny (or not): I don't know the prices of any of those things you list in my area (Southern Ontario right now).

Things that I do know the price of....

"High-speed" (note the quotation marks) DSL: $39.99 a month.
Landline telephone: ~$23.00 a month.
Chicken wings (I have an strange addiction to these things): ~$4.00 for 500g.
Welch's grape juice concentrate for ~2L (strange addiction to this stuff as well): $1.59
775g box of bran flakes: $2.99
Electricty: ~$.06 per KWh
A meal at a casual fine dining restaurant I might go to: $30.
A drinkable bottle of wine from the LCBO: $10.
Rent (shudder): $850 a month.

I can't remember the prices of anymore food that I buy; I don't think I generally pay attention to the price even, I guess I just buy what I want, though it's usually cheap stuff.

[Stormwick]

yay sauga.
UTM only costs 5-10 grand?

[Cops]

this is actually has the potential to be a good thread

[Kolar]

"High-speed" (note the quotation marks) DSL: $39.99 a month.

[Cops]

yay sauga.
UTM only costs 5-10 grand?

My girlfriend pays 8 but most people pay between 5-6. Sheridan College costs me about 4-5k, most of Fleming/Humber's programs are 3-4k. The programs are longer at Humber so it's all relative.

[Displaced]

Helsinki Finland:

A gallon of gasoline : $8.5/gal (price today)
A bottle of namebrand water : $1.54 for a 33 oz. bottle
A bottle of domestic beer at a bar : $5.50
A bottle of import beer at a bar : $9.25
A McDonalds Doublecheeseburger : $4.40
Bus fare : $3.40
Going to see a movie : $12.30
Pack of smokes : $6.60

[Jerome Scuggs]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shreveport

shreveport, louisiana - 350,000 people

A gallon of gasoline : $3.00/gal
A bottle of namebrand water : $1.29 for a 20 oz. bottle of Dasani
A 6-pack of say Newcastle/other imports : $7
A 6-pack of say Budweiser/other domestics : $5
A dutchmaster cigar : $1.00
A McDonalds Doublecheeseburger : $1.00
An 1/8th of decently good weed : $30
An oz of crap weed : $50
Bus fare : $1.50
Going to see a movie : $5-$6 for students, $7-$8 otherwise

I also live in the South, so dank and I have similar prices

though, shreveport is an 'oil city' (standard oil used to call us home until those bastards broke it up) so gas is always cheaper here (go 20mins out of the city and gas goes up to 3.25 or so)

we're also near the border and in between dallas and new orleans, so drugs are also cheap. $120 will buy you a quarter-pound of schwag. i love buying qp's, it's like having a small child. made out of marijuana.

food prices have been rising... my pal and i planted some vegetables in one of our pastures. i hope it pays off, i hate manual labor

[Cops]

you should get a strawberry plant, you can hang it on a wall outside and eat off it everyday. I can only grow strawberries 4 months a year but it only cost me $10 so it's worth it.

[castromarx]

Toronto

metro pass: $109
bottle of water: free from the tap
bottle of red: $13
pack of smokes: $8
tray of nachos with a side of guac: $10
pitcher of waterloo dark: $13
a six pack of local microbrew: $10-12
cover for a show: $5 / PWYC
cab ride home: $10
breakfast at a greasy diner: $5
breakfast at the amazing place down the street: $20
enough batteries to charge the wiimotes for the weekend: $8

[Jerome Scuggs]

you should get a strawberry plant, you can hang it on a wall outside and eat off it everyday. I can only grow strawberries 4 months a year but it only cost me $10 so it's worth it.

not a bad idea.. fuckin love strawberries. edit- do they require alot of care? it's a 40 minute drive to the fields so i go once a week usually

cigs are always different prices... i buy marlboro reds at $3.79 a pack.

[castromarx]

cigs are always different prices... i buy marlboro reds at $3.79 a pack.

I fucking love it when my friends come back from trips to America.

[Cops]

not a bad idea.. fuckin love strawberries. edit- do they require alot of care? it's a 40 minute drive to the fields so i go once a week usually

cigs are always different prices... i buy marlboro reds at $3.79 a pack.

not at all, just hang it in an area that gets sunlight and water it every other day, be weary of too much sun though. On your way out you'll be eating strawberries and allowing fresh vines to grow.

$10 investment = a bowl of fresh organic strawberries every other day

[MirrorriM]

Orange County, California

Gas: $3.65/gallon
Rent (directly across the street from university, 2bed2bath): $3000/month
Movie Theatre tix: $11 adult, $10 Student
In-N-Out Cheeseburger: $1.90