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From the first person. How much is life in Miami

— How much money do you need for a comfortable life?

— How much money do you spend on groceries?

— How much does a trip to a cafe cost you?

-Too expensive? Wow!

Friends and acquaintances ask many questions about the cost of living in Miami. Perhaps this is the first thing that worries everyone after answering the question “Well, how? Like?".

Of course, we like it! And I would also like it more if we could reduce expenses without losing the quality of life. But this, as they say, from the realm of fantasy.

So, while we have three: I, the husband and our six-month-old son Oscar. My husband works full day, and I have a part-time job plus a small business in Ukraine, which brings his “penny”. I’m sitting with the child at home, and we don’t have a nanny in the kindergarten.

We live in north Miami in a one bedroom apartment in a nice condominium. We still have one car, but the second one will be needed soon.

We estimate the expenses for each month, but we do not keep detailed records, recording every dollar, although this would probably be worth doing. Once we sat down and decided to accurately calculate our expenses for May 2016 of the year. Each month, our spending may vary slightly depending on the places we visit and the purchases we make.

You need to understand that in Miami, you can spend on life and less, living in a room or apartment cheaper. I think that there is no upper limit for expenses at all.

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1. Flat rent

For renting an apartment in 100 square meters with one bedroom, we pay

1300 dollars per month. This price includes water, garbage and sewage.

Internet costs $35. We pay an average of 70-80 dollars a month for electricity. In winter, this amount was less, since we practically did not turn on the air conditioner, which is what draws electricity. From March to September we experience incredible heat - the air conditioning practically does not turn off during this time.

Since the washing machine in our condominium is installed on the floor, washing is also chargeable - 2,50 for washing and drying. We erase every week several times and it takes about 20 dollars per month.

  1. car

We have a car loan. We pay 500 dollars for a car and another 100 dollars per month goes to “Full coverage” insurance. My husband spends about 160 dollars a month on gasoline because he has to travel a lot for work. The automatic car wash several times a month takes about 10 dollars.

  1. Products

We love to eat and cook mostly at home, although we can have a snack in a cafe, if we choose for the city. The products take about 500 dollars per month. Sometimes more, sometimes less.

We buy fruits and vegetables in the Italian vegetable shop Laurenzo Farmers market, meat and fish in the Supermarket Publix or in the Italian shop Laurenzo, which is located near our house. Household chemicals and some trifles for the house - at Walmart or Dollar Tree. We can get to the next CVS and buy some sweets there.

  1. Mobile telephony

Together with friends we connected the family plan and for our mobile connection we pay 144 dollars for two or 72 dollars for one. 30 dollars is the payment of an interest-free loan for the phone, another 30 dollars is the cost of the operator’s services and 12 dollars is insurance on the mobile. In the event of its loss or theft, we will be able to pay a quarter of the cost of the phone and send us a new one.

5. Child expenses

We love and indulge the child very much. Therefore, we often buy something for him - be it a toy or a suit. I make purchases at the nearest TjMaxx discount store and Toys4us children's store. In May we bought him some clothes, rattles (all together cost about $ 45) and a wall for our bed for $ 20, since the baby sleeps with us. Every two months we buy diapers for $ 19 dollars for packaging in Toys4us. In May, did not buy.

At the end of May, we just started introducing complementary foods and spent only 12 dollars on baby purees.

Also at the end of May, we signed up for swimming lessons for babies and parents who cost 45 dollars per month for 8 lessons.

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  1. Personal care

After childbirth, I suffered slight losses in the form of hair and eyelashes, because every month I increase eyelashes for 75 dollars and make haircuts or dyeing - also around 70 dollars. I do manicure and pedicure in the salon near the house (13 - manicure and 23 pedicure).

In May, I bought myself a hair conditioner and vitamins - everything cost me 20 dollars.

The husband makes a haircut for 15 dollars once a month, and all the rest of the time he maintains his beauty by playing football. For 8 workouts per month, we give 80 dollars.

  1. Shopping

If the weather is bad in the city, all the parks are tired or we want to cheer up, we go shopping to buy something from clothes or to a house. In May, on the occasion of Mother's Day, my husband gave me two dresses with a total value of 70 dollars. Also for 10 dollars bought a used office desk.

8. Entertainment

Although we have a small child, we do not deny ourselves the entertainment. On Mondays, my husband has traditional poker, the admission ticket is symbolic - 10 dollars. Once or twice a month we go to an outdoor cinema in Fort Loderdeyil. May was no exception, even though we were only once and spent 14 dollars on tickets, watching two films at once.

Were several times in the Italian cafe Piola, having spent both times about 30 dollars, once we stopped at a Cuban cafe where they left 20 dollars, and on the occasion of the arrival of friends we had dinner at the restaurant, where they gave 90 dollars "not for nothing", but there it was very atmospheric. Husband spending on snacks during the workflow was approximately 100 dollars per month.

Once a month or a month we go on a car to open new horizons and watch new cities, but in May we didn’t go anywhere. Usually our trip costs about 150 dollars.

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In total, in May we spent about $3671 - I don’t count some very small expenses like buying ice cream or water while walking in the park. As you can see, we spend most of our budget on housing, cars and groceries.

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May Expenditure Chart 2016

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