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Location: Northern Ireland and temporarily England
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Originally Posted by irlinit
No, seeing as you will be in the same city that I study in, I know the area and the standard of living here is pretty cheap. If you spend £40/week on food which is very generous, I cannot see why you would need an extra £60 if you don't drink/go out etc.. that is a luxurious student budget.. just saying! Pretty much all of my friends are in their overdrafts.
My overdraft limit is £1500, I've been negative for a while now, but when I finish uni I have 3 years to pay it off before I start paying interest on the overdraft, which should be pretty easy.
Well tbh most of the money will be going to saving. I don't think its much, I have to top up my phone and pay £20 for each train ride to Stansted.
400 pounds is like $650 or so, thats too little for me. It takes me atleast $1000 to live comfortably inclusive of rent.
I'm talking about £400 extra after the rent has been paid. So about £120 of that will go on food shops each month if you spend £30/week which is very reasonable for one person.. say another £30-£50 on other things to live a comfortable life each week and I think it is very easy to live very well from £300/month after rent.
Location: Northern Ireland and temporarily England
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Originally Posted by Adi from the Brunswicks
Thats beggerbowl money. I would starve to death under those conditions.
Well I don't know but i'd cry if I only got that. You can't go anywhere or do anything.. Its not worth thinking about. But alot of students here are in pure poverty by the sound sof it.
It is really annoying though because the people at uni kept saying to me how much money i'd spend each week and how I wouldn't be able to afford hardly anything. I wanted to say well no but just kept my mouth shut.
The prices they were talking about were disgusting.
I'm talking about £400 extra after the rent has been paid. So about £120 of that will go on food shops each month if you spend £30/week which is very reasonable for one person.. say another £30-£50 on other things to live a comfortable life each week and I think it is very easy to live very well from £300/month after rent.
Wow, for me rent in Atlanta alone is like 500 pounds ($800) .
Last edited by Adi from the Brunswicks; 06-24-2015 at 06:05 PM..
Well I don't know but i'd cry if I only got that. You can't go anywhere or do anything.. Its not worth thinking about.
Obviously you can, I have been living very well with £300/month after rent on average for the last 3 years... don't tell me you can't do that when I have been doing it and living comfortably. I don't even really look at my bank account at all whilst i'm at university.
Location: Northern Ireland and temporarily England
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Well I don't know but it annoyed me how they assumed everyone would be living in poverty. They were annoyed and didn't believe me when I said I could afford to spend more than £20 on food and then said I need to be realistic.
Ugh.. I never said anything because whats the point.
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