I'm American and my hasband is from Greece we decided to move back to USA . My hasband has a good payed job and I have part time job, his salary is 1600$ and mine 400$ monthly, our rent here is 600$ monthly and our food expences are 450$. The base sallary in Greece is for 10-12 hours work per day and without having the right to have any break at all is 600-700$ monthly. Obvously we can not afford to buy a house witch will cost us 200.000 $ or a new car costing 15.000$ or having any children considering that the goverment does not help at all. Our dream will be to buy an appartment , having 1 or2 children and managing all familly costs by a full time job for my hasband and a part time job for me. How high sould be each of our salaries to live an ordinary life without having wories how to pay at the and of the month: electricity,heat,food? By the way our last electricity bill was ( for four months 1450$ !!!!!!! ) and we rent an 900 square feet appartment. My relatives in Sacramento told me that rent will cost us 1400$ monthly , food expenses 800$ ,car expenses 300$. By earnig 5000$-6000$ a month it will be ok for a start. Our expectations are really low and all these years we have leared to spend very little in everything, no new cloths, no restoraunts,no new shoes allmost NO!! in everything I would say. So knowing that people in USA spent a lot of money generaly in shoping they tend to have higher stadards than ours in what is basic cost of living. What do you think? My relatives in Sacramento told me that rent will cost us 1400$ monthly , food expenses 800$ ,car expenses 300$. By earnig 5000$-6000$ a month it will be ok for a start. Our expectations are really low and all these years we have leared to spend very little in everything, no new cloths, no restaurants,no new shoes allmost NO!! in everything I would say. So knowing that people in USA spent a lot of money generaly in shoping they tend to have higher stadards than ours in what is basic cost of living. What do you think?
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Its close to San Francisco which is one the Highest prices areas to live in the country, A typical rambler house would probably go for a half Million dollars
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You cannot afford to live in a nice area of Sacremento. Even a small apartment would cost more than your combined salaries. You need to look at another state with more affordable housing, like Texas.
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Sacramento is not as expensive as people are saying. Trust me, i live in sac. It depends where. New areas such as Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Natomas, ect. are way out of your limit. Unless you get an apartment. They are really nice and not veyr expensive. But if it is a house, try Greenhaven or WEst Sacramento
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