Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf2.xephion.ne.jp!feed2.sphere.ad.jp!feed1.sphere.ad.jp!newsfeed2.kddnet.ad.jp!newsfeed.freenet.de!news-feed1.de1.concert.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!yahoobb218120102020.bbtec.NET!not-for-mail From: Eric Takabayashi Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: cost of living question Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:54:41 +0900 Lines: 13 Message-ID: <3F8EBF40.E9C13F34@yahoo.co.jp> References: <733c8a12.0310151355.2573fbac@posting.google.com> <6afefaef.0310151739.2ca1358b@posting.google.com> <733c8a12.0310160746.5e215771@posting.google.com> Reply-To: etakajp@yahoo.co.jp NNTP-Posting-Host: yahoobb218120102020.bbtec.net (218.120.102.20) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1066319812 25573100 218.120.102.20 (16 [138107]) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: ja,en Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:6567 Paulrus wrote: > Thanks for all the information. I really don't see how the numbers > could add up any better than they do here. Yes, our rent is $500 a > month for a 2 bedroom, 2 bath house with a 2 car garage. A 24 pack of > cokes cost $5 or less. Our groceries, including all baby supplies, > diapers, formula, etc, runs less than $500 a month. Electricity is > $55 a month. Incredible. I wish I could do that. May I ask why it has to be Tokyo, and not somewhere less expensive?