US continues to go backward...

[Bowers3]

I think you misunderstood my comment. I have been to China and there is no way in hell I'd live there. I was really commenting more on his mentioning all the tech and such which as I travel I find more and more stuff that I think "Why the hell don't we have this?"

 

[steross]

You know what China don't have? Mutherflicking Bald Eagles baby!!!!

Well, they did.
They ate them all.

 

[steross]

Go find some other straw man to pounce on, 小婊子

 

[Bowers3]

Go find some other straw man to pounce on, 小婊子

 

[Stillwater Townie]

Update: 36-year-old American jailed in China for low social credit score.

And besides dining out ($10 really? Wow) those costs are about what you’d expect in the OKC metro.

Closer to $20 counting tip. But not hard to make it $20+, depending on what you order.

 

[Stillwater Townie]

I think you misunderstood my comment. I have been to China and there is no way in hell I'd live there. I was really commenting more on his mentioning all the tech and such which as I travel I find more and more stuff that I think "Why the hell don't we have this?"

How long ago since been to China? 20 years?

 

[steross]

How long ago since been to China? 20 years?

I was in Mainland China in 2011, Hong Kong last in 2017. Macau 2017.

 

[oks10]

You spend $100/month on groceries?

I'm not gonna lie. My "parent of 3" brain read that and thought it was saying $100/wk and STILL thought "Damn! That's pretty good"...

 

[cowboyinexile]

I'm not gonna lie. My "parent of 3" brain read that and thought it was saying $100/wk and STILL thought "Damn! That's pretty good"...

Yeah. I have kept a spreadsheet on my spending since before COVID and Im spending almost $100/month more than I was a year or two ago. At $100/week I would be alright with that.

 

[oks10]

Yeah. I have kept a spreadsheet on my spending since before COVID and Im spending almost $100/month more than I was a year or two ago. At $100/week I would be alright with that.

I use Monarch now to try and keep better track of things (we've never really needed to budget before but that's definitely starting to catch up with us with a 3rd kid eating and grocery prices what they are). Right now it fluctuates between $900-1100/mo for us... We also have some dietary restrictions we try to follow though which makes things a little more expensive but not THAT much more.