Hello, there was a very active discussion about it aver a month ago, after someone asked if 2500 dollars per month is ok for a person to live comfortably. There were many different ideas of what "living comfortably" means, I guess it all depends on what you are looking for. Anyway, you can rent a place for 1000-1500 dollars not far from the city centre, and a thousand left is ok to go out once a week plus buying food and clothes. So in my opinion 2500 is ok even if you have to pay your rent yourself. Lena
-----Original Message----- From: Pa lo ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:08:20 +1200 Subject: Expat List living standards > > This is about my expectations for living standards in Moscow. This will be > an interesting conversation; probably each of you have a different idea of > what living wage is. > > > > The first time I was in Moscow I left because I couldn't afford even rent. I > went hungry, burned through my savings and had to leave. > > I consider living wage as: pay all your household bills + rent + bus/metro > fare + groceries + buy average clothes AND be able to go out on the weekend > to a bar and afford my drinks and may be twice a year to see a concert. It'd > be nice to be take a train trip to another part of Eastern Europe or Russia, > but nothing fancy: just the train ticket, hostel, cheap food and a little > spending money. I'd like enough household gadgets to keep me connected with > the world. And, yeah, roommates in a Russian-style apartment is just groovy. > :) The only extras for me are that I want a washing machine, mobile, > internet access and more than 3 channels on the TV (just local service). > > But neither do I expect to shop at Sedmoi Kontinent every day nor order > products from my home country. I don't expect a Yevropeskii remont on my > apartment nor have it located in the Center. (It *would* be nice to have it > within a 2-km walk from a Metro station, though.) I don't expect to have a > car nor personal driver. Etc. > > > > Now, my question to you all is.... > So what range of salary do you think would fit what I'm looking for? > > I can't wait for your ever-interesting replies. :-) > -me > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ya tebya lyublyu, Moskva. > _________________________________________________________________ > Ya estА aquМ Windows Live Spaces! Ahora podrАs crear fАcilmente tu propio > sitio Web. > http://spaces.live.com/signup.aspx > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
