poverty traps (Re: Sa (fwd)

[Jim Choate]

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

> Jim Choate wrote:
> > > 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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