How much is the living cost in your city?

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Hello mylotters, I want to do a bit research how much the living cost in your country includes basic accomodation, eating 3x a day, transportation costs and leisuring cost. Please state all costs in US $. This is very useful to me since I like to travel and want to know how much I shoud prepared if in case I want to go to your city. If any of you want to go to Jakarta, here is the breakdown of the costs: Accomodation : Living in an apartment/rented room in a house - $120-$210/month (already air conditioned). It maybe significantly higher if you live in lavish apartment. If not -AC, you can get for $80 in middle of the city. For hotels around 40$ in 3 star hotel/night Food : Living in Jakarta is quite cheap, especially its food. You can eat for 50 cents and already full, but cleanliness is not guaranteed:) If you order McD or Burger King is around $3 per meal.Eating in a cafe/restaurant around $5-10 or more Transportation costs : Transportation is the main problem here. Many non-air conditioned bus, pollution level is high, which maybe reflects the bus here regularly charge you only $20 cents. If you go by busway, a mass rapid bus here, it cost you $.35 one way. If you go by taxi, depends on kms, but usually $.50 opening fare and will add up $.025 per 100 metres. So, if you are backpackers and only stay like 3 days here, bringing I think bringing $200 is more than enough, especially because there are a lot of cheap hotels for backpackers, which costs you much lower than above price. But you should try the nightlife though. Although Indonesia is a Muslim majority populated country, it has the best clubs in Southeast Asia. So you might be prepared around $50 if you want to go clubbing, regular drink is $7-$10, opening bottle cost u around $100-$200. Please share your living costs here, could be in details or in brief breakdown if you want.