3/2 1200.00

usd electric 250.00.

water and gargage 60.00

food 200.00

my health insurance is covered by my job and recreation not sure don't do to much cause of the expenses. this is for a family of 5. I will be retiring in 7 years at the most it will be my wife, me and my son at the most if not just wife and I.If my son comes he will be still in school,so that would be a expense I would need to include and a phone where I can call back to the states.

MY phone bill here cost about 60.00 that includes internet.

$700.00 rent for a 2 bedroom 1 bath Duplex for my boyfriend and 2 children

$150.00 A month for electric and $35.00a month for water

$100.00 for my cell phone

$250.00 car payment

$160.00 for insurance

$150.00 a month for gas

$400.00 a month for Food depending on if we eat out or not

$55.00 for cable

Rent: 3000 monthly

Utilities run roughly 385 per month

food, roughly 250 -300 per week for a family of 2 adults and 5 children

Gas and commuting cost is around 100 per week

cable, phone, utilities, cell about 375 per month

recreation about 100 per month usually on movie rentals and eating out, with five kids we usually do pizza on Friday or Saturday nights and rent movies.

Laundry and dry cleaning about 75 per month.

miscellaneous, for prescriptions about roughly 150 per 90 days. No health insurance.

Childcare roughly 1400 per month for two children

The housing market is currently not good here, so the prices to buy a 3/2 home now are lower than they have been (about 130,000 US dollars).

Rent for the same size place is about $1100/month.

Utilities are about $100/mo for our small (1200 sq. ft.) house.

Healthcare is expensive, but larger employers generally have decent plans. Families without existing health conditions can find coverage for about $300-500 per month.

Education (public) for k-12 is free. Private and college education runs $10,000/year or more.

Recreation varies, but there are theme parks with annual passes for about $100/year per person. Movies, $10/person.

Average restaurants, $12/meal per person. It is fairly diverse racially.

Public transportation is not good, and you must have a car. That is another $10,000 minimum or $300/month or so. Then insurance is expensive in Florida in general.

Food is expensive, but we spend about $120/week on a family of 4 (two young kids) and we eat largely organic food.