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UmbralRaptor t1_jab7uls wrote

checks notes

In 2022 my expenses included:

  • $110 on Metro/transit
  • $1509.41 on my car/driving (interestingly, insurance costs > maintenance costs > parking costs > gasoline. Though since I'm pretty sure this is amalgamating car insurance with apartment insurance...)
  • $0 on rideshare (not my thing)
  • $4154.45 on groceries (edit: this might have been 100% at Safeway)
  • $0 on alcohol (I don't drink)
  • $526.16 on eating out (albeit $131.04 of that was on a business trip)
  • $17436 on rent (1bd apt)

Note that I live alone

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ThinHumor t1_jab8tv4 wrote

Only $500 on eating out? I need to be like you.

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UmbralRaptor t1_jab8y08 wrote

You would not believe how much the pandemic changed my eating habits.

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VSVP t1_jac6io1 wrote

Everyone is here talking about groceries and I’m here wondering where I can find a 1450/mo apartment in DC.

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Sammmyy97 t1_jab93rv wrote

I feel like you’re not a very fun person

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UmbralRaptor t1_jab9e6e wrote

='(

More seriously, the $0 items are not me judging people but explicitly noting some places where my expenses might be very different from theirs.

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aelsi t1_jab9q16 wrote

don't listen to them you are doing great

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Sammmyy97 t1_jab9u54 wrote

It’s not even the $0 on alcohol (honestly good on you for that), but how does anyone maintain a decent social life without spending way higher on rideshare and eating out than you do?

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Malnurtured_Snay t1_jabaplm wrote

Well, s/he doesn't drink, and owns a car, so might drive to where they need to be. Might prefer taking Metro (bus or rail) or walking. Might live in a fun part of the city so doesn't need to go far.

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Malnurtured_Snay t1_jactlr0 wrote

Also, thinking on it, when I've been socializing lately, it's generally been with friends, at my place or theirs, and we're usually ordering in or doing cooking/cookout, etc. If that's what's going on with u/UmbralRaptor, that's a cost that might be in their grocery budget.

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