can a low income person live in Santa Monica? (Inglewood: to live in, buses)

[disgruntled la native]

I probably spend about 1000 a month on food, and I rarely go to sit down restaurants. Just your ordinary takeout lunch is going to run you $10-15. If I ate out at sit down restsaurants a lot I can imagine it being far more.

[I_Like_Spam]

From what I've heard, the city of Santa Monica is cool for the homeless.


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[Aldous9]

Originally Posted by disgruntled la native

I probably spend about 1000 a month on food, and I rarely go to sit down restaurants. Just your ordinary takeout lunch is going to run you $10-15. If I ate out at sit down restsaurants a lot I can imagine it being far more.

Just for you?

[Aldous9]

Originally Posted by jm1982

It's not crazy to spend $1000mo on food if you think about it that's
$33 a day .

I just spent like $20 on lunch , it was a casual type place where you order at the counter .. I had salmon though so it was a decent value with soda . I wouldn't do that every day though.

I'm sure a lot in LA are spending $1000 or more on food especially going out .

Also depends if you include alcohol in the food budget too.

I doubt many are breaking it down by food and liquor
If you go out and have a couple drinks with your meal it would get categorized as "dining out "

Most people don't spend $20 on lunch.

Avg monthly food budget for a single person according to survey data is $302
average cost for food per month for one person

Yeah, it is crazy to spend $1000 a month on food.

[jm1982]

I generally don't spend that much , but sometimes it's nice to have something good and it was a good value .

Quality was what you would get at a nice sit down place or probably better

$302 is only like $10 a day

I probably do spend more than average on food but I enjoy it and would rather spend on that than a fancy car or clothes , etc.

Some would rather have the fancy car and eat crap .

Do you spend $302 a month on food ?

[disgruntled la native]

Originally Posted by Aldous9

Just for you?

Yep just for me. But I don't really cook, don't really do fast food, and I'm on a high protein diet for fitness which makes things much pricier. If I wanted/needed to save money I'd probably cook a bunch of chicken breasts and lean steaks on the grill and keep them in the fridge for a few days at a time.

[MordinSolus]

I do cook for myself a lot and I still spend ~$1000 a month on food. Hell, just the produce for juicing is like $302 a month...

[Aldous9]

Originally Posted by jm1982

I generally don't spend that much , but sometimes it's nice to have something good and it was a good value .

Quality was what you would get at a nice sit down place or probably better

$302 is only like $10 a day

I probably do spend more than average on food but I enjoy it and would rather spend on that than a fancy car or clothes , etc.

Some would rather have the fancy car and eat crap .

Do you spend $302 a month on food ?

I spend around $300 for food. That includes going out to eat at restaurants on the weekends. I eat really frugally during the week though. I buy my meats in bulk on sale and freeze them then leave them out to thaw as I need them. You can get produce cheaper too if you know where to shop. I never eat out during the week, even for lunch. That's what makes the food budget go crazy.

[nobody067]

it's days like today that i wish i lived in santa monica. i took the 733 bus that runs on Venice Blvd and it was packed like crazy. i live in E.Hollywood so i need to take 2 buses and i went from vermont to as far as Inglewood Blvd and it was still packed. those people that actually live in santa monica should consider themselves lucky.

[jamills21]

Originally Posted by nobody067

it's days like today that i wish i lived in santa monica. i took the 733 bus that runs on Venice Blvd and it was packed like crazy. i live in E.Hollywood so i need to take 2 buses and i went from vermont to as far as Inglewood Blvd and it was still packed. those people that actually live in santa monica should consider themselves lucky.

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