I remember living in Vancouver while I went to school for my last two years (about 17 or 18 years ago). It seems to me I had rent of $700/month, paid about $200/month on food, paid $50 for transit. It seems to me I lived on 35 hrs / week x $12/hr. I had a little bit of savings from my summer job (which paid for school). I remember that when I bought groceries I had a strict budget. I also remember having basic telephone, no cable. I also recall I was able to have pizza at least once a week, and still went out to the pub on weekends. But I remember dialing into radio stations to win tickets to movies, and being the guy that bought the subs so that I could get a free one every once in a while. I certainly wasn't building a nest egg.
It would be very difficult to go back to that lifestyle now, but I think that we, as a society have become expectant that we are entitled to all of these lifestyle things. I would guess that $13.25 would let you get by, but you would have to really manage your finances and couldn't have anything go wrong in your life.
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