My cost of living in Phoenix, AZ:

housing is expensive $1300 per month min. 1800sf home no pool utilities high 400+ in summer $150 in winter. food expensive the only thing not expensive is walking around the airconditioned mall if you can afford the fuel to get there.

-Mortage: 1500, 2 bedroom 924 SQ FT, 2 car garage, cul-de-sac location in moderate neighborhood

- Utiltites: 225, Water + Garbage 75, Electric 175 , no gas

- Food: 160 groceries, 100 dining-out

- healthcare: 100 includes prescriptions and co-pay for doctor visits

- recreation: cinema movies are 9 each plus another 10 for cinema food + drink

- Tranportation: 160 for gasoline, 260 for auto loan


Electric

Cost of Gasoline this year went from 3.00 USD per gallon (4 L) in January, to 4.45 USD in June, to 1,59 USD in December

rent -$500 a month for a room in a house w/ roomates all paying $500-$700 due to room size,food-$200 month,utilities-$200,healthcare-$100 month, recreation-can't afford, dozen eggs $2.99, Gas-$22 a week@4 x a month,meals at work$10 a day,wear and tear on vehicle travel 65 miles a day to work? all on 40hrs a week @ $11.50 hr Hmmmm,

don't add up does it now you see why i'm looking for better living conditions,back home in texas cost of living was way cheaper and work was plentiful, here i have encountered so much hostility being of Hispanic heritage, i'm not even Mexican, i'm Spaniard and German i was light complected till i got plenty of arizonas dry heat of 102-110 degrees. people over all here have a bad attitude unless your a retiree, then most of those are the ones w/ the race issues, the old guard they still live in 1960

Rent 2 bedroom $850 family of two.

Utilities including all usually $175

food about $600 a month if we mostly eat in. about 60 per meal

Gasoline around 140 per month

Car insurance about 100 per month

Health insurance about 300 per month