$100 for one person eating out?? I feel like even at a nice sit down place in San Francisco when I visited late last year I was paying much less than that.
In low cost of living / mid cost of living (LCOL/MCOL) areas you can definitely eat out for two at a decent place for less than that. Pricing out for two at my favorite local Italian place in San Antonio, here's the bill:
$15 - spaghetti with homemade meat sauce
$16 - penne arrabiatta
$20 - wine
Pad 28% for tax and tip and you come out to ~$65.
On San Antonio Zillow, I'm finding almost 200 results for 2 bedrooms at $1200 or less per month.
I don't think San Antonio is even the lowest LCOL location you could find, by far. Even in Texas, not looking outside the state, El Paso's way cheaper, maybe Corpus Christi.
I think people often overestimate how much it costs to live quite well in a LCOL area.
In low cost of living / mid cost of living (LCOL/MCOL) areas you can definitely eat out for two at a decent place for less than that. Pricing out for two at my favorite local Italian place in San Antonio, here's the bill:
$15 - spaghetti with homemade meat sauce
$16 - penne arrabiatta
$20 - wine
Pad 28% for tax and tip and you come out to ~$65.
On San Antonio Zillow, I'm finding almost 200 results for 2 bedrooms at $1200 or less per month.
I don't think San Antonio is even the lowest LCOL location you could find, by far. Even in Texas, not looking outside the state, El Paso's way cheaper, maybe Corpus Christi.
I think people often overestimate how much it costs to live quite well in a LCOL area.