How Much Income Would You Need to Survive?

[anvi]

Well, I'm talking here about small-town North Dakota in the late '80's, but I used to live on about $500 a month for several years.  So whatever that is adjusted for inflation and location, I'd say that. 

[anvi]

Where the heck do you guys live? My rent is $1500 a month and its considered a very good deal.

The first time I ever rented a place, Beet, was when I went in on the main floor of a house with a college buddy in a small town in SW North Dakota.  The total rent for the whole floor was $240.  At the moment, I'm renting a two-floor, two-bedroom townhouse in small-town southern Illinois for $595 a month. But I have paid over $1,000 a month in rent when I used to live in places like Tokyo and Evanston, Illinois.  Location is everything.