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Subject: Re: poverty traps (Re: Sa (fwd) Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 23:40:15 -0600 (CST) From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)

Jim Choate wrote:

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Food: $600/month (generous)

Hell, I'm single and come close to this and food costs in Texas are a LOT lower than in New York. Though I do eat out at lunch every weekday. And no, I don't go partying regularly at all. Way too busy with work (>16hrs/day 5 days a week & 16-20 on weekends) to do that other than a couple of times a month. I went to the store today and bought enough food for 4 days and it cost me $30. So that comes to something like $250 - $300 for me not counting lunches, and that's for just a single person. Multiply that for 6 and the numbers are considerably higher.

Oh my Gawd! And I thought I was spending too much on food! I guess the prices in OK are the same as in TX.

From the times I have been in Oklahoma (my family is ensconced along the Red River - Murphies, Joneses, Peoples, etc.) I would say the costs are about the same.

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