Great idea if you can handle that lifestyle. I can't imagine that most men will enjoy living out of a car for long periods of time
Quote: (01-28-2019 01:05 AM)Cation Wrote:
1k on food? That is insane.
I'm really surprised that so many members are surprised at this number. I think it's a very realistic estimate of somebody with an average lifestyle in the city, especially if you include drinks consumed along with dinner.
Let's take a given week and assume that you always eat breakfast at home, go out for lunch twice a week, go out for dinner twice a week, and one brunch out on the weekends. So ~14 homecooked meals, 2 lunches, 2 dinners, and 1 brunch per week. Grocery budget per week should be like $60, a lunch out is $10, and a brunch is $20. Dinner is where it can vary more, so say you go on one nice dinner ($50) and one basic dinner ($20).
That totals to $160/week, or ~$700/month.
This assumes you:
-- Never do dinner dates even with steady girls ($50x2 + booze on you unless you're going dutch)
-- Never splurge (it is
really easy to spend $100 when you get a few cocktails + appetizers with a group)
-- Don't have a coffee habit, and eat the vast majority of your meals at home
Loosen any of those assumptions and you're bumping right up to $1k.
Remember, this is NYC. Sure, if you want, you can cook baked chicken and vegetables for every meal and spend $200/mth. What's the point though? You have an incredible variety of cuisine within a stone's throw of your front door, and you aren't going to explore it? At that point might as well not live here. It's also an unrealistic lifestyle who doesn't have monk-like self control.