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what's the easiest way to see if I can afford to move out? (kbin.earth)

submitted 6 days ago by strawberry@kbin.earth to c/personalfinance@lemmy.ml

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I can easily find things like rent, internet, insurance prices, but how do I find things like grocery prices? I honestly don't even know what an average grocery list might look like, are there resources to help with this? my gf and I are looking into moving out, and assuming a monthly income of ~4400 USD and rent being 500 USD, I think we should be okay, but I need to be 100% that we won't be barely scraping by or anything. thank you everyone

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 days ago

Start buying your own groceries to get a sense of how much that costs while you're still living where you are now. Become self-sufficient for food and eat only what you buy yourself. Explain to everyone else in the household what the experiment is and gain agreement that they won't eat the things you label as yours. Start preparing meals so you have an idea of what you need in various instances. This will include things like spices that you otherwise might not have in mind. This will also help you budget travel expenses if you don't drive.