Gosh, I should so move to Scotland!

a) for a haircut: 0 (I cut my own hair)
b) for your weekly groceries: $250/week for a family of 7
c) for your monthly rent: $500 month
d) for monthly gym membership (if applicable): don't have one
e) for your monthly gas and electricity: $274 combined for gas/electricity
f) for your monthly water rates: included in rent
g) anything else you wish to add: $50/month for riding the public bus

Where do you live? Jackson, MI USA

I'm FROM Jackson!

@ Mrs Bailey: That's awesome you're from Jackson. I have a serious Love-Hate thing with this town. I love it to death, I just HATE the current leadership here and wish that they would get someone that has an actual clue. LOL

I completely agree. I live in Lansing now, so it's not much better lol. I'll always love Jack-town for being my home though. :)

a) for a haircut
Usually about $15-20 (with tip) at Great Clips. It's easy, it's cheap.
b) for your weekly groceries
I think it runs about $80 for my wife and myself.
c) for your monthly rent
$1300 for a 3 bed / 2 bath house.
d) for monthly gym membership (if applicable)
Free -- my work has an on site fitness center.
e) for your monthly gas and electricity
Gas/Electric/Water/Sewage/Trash are all lumped together for me, so it's about $150-200 a month.
f) for your monthly water rates
See e)
g) anything else you wish to add

Where do you live?
Los Alamos, New Mexico, home of the atomic bomb.

a) $45 (29 pounds, I reckon)
b) Eh, about $100 (65 pounds)
c) $920 (589 pounds) but that includes all utilities.
d) $50 for two people (32 pounds)
e) n/a
f) n/a
g) Monthly rent varies approximately $5-10 based on utility usage, and includes $5 monthly for my storage unit.

Oh, and I live in a suburb of Seattle, WA.

Emily, how big is your aparment? I think when I was back in PA, we only got about 850 sq. feet for that, and I'm interested in comparing rates. (Might eventually end up at PNL).

We've got 738 sq feet. It's a little small, but the pro was the washer/dryer and the storage unit.

Ah, indeed. We had a washer/dryer in unit, but no storage. On the plus side, we had tennis courts and a small pool. Seems like the Seattle area is about the same per sq ft as where I was in PA, which is good. I'm trying to avoid sending job applications to LLNL, because Berkeley is expensive!!!

I am impressed by the translation into pounds - you are the first American to do so! ;D

Yikes. I guess it’s true that the difference between prices in NYC and the rest of the country/ world is pretty exorbitant

a) For a haircut: About $80. If I get a cut and color it's about $200
b) For your weekly groceries: Two weeks of groceries cost about $150, but we eat out every day for lunch and order takeout on weekends.
c) For your monthly rent: My mortgage is $3,100 a month plus $500 for condo fees. I live in a one bedroom condo.
d) For monthly gym membership (if applicable): $160
e) For your monthly gas and electricity: electricity can be anywhere between $50 and $200/month, depending on the season; heating is included in the condo fees.
f) For your monthly water rates: Included in condo fees
g) Anything else you wish to add: Transportation expenses are cheap thanks to public transportation. A monthly Metrocard costs $104 and it offers unlimited rides on the subway and bus system.

Where do you live? New York City, USA

@Madeline holy crap $160 for the gym?!?! Please tell me it's like an AMAZING gym or something.... xD

Is getting a monthly metro card cheaper than buying per ride? Never been on a subway before so I don't have any idea of how prices are. xD

@ love♥nik: Yeah, it's an amazing gym! Too bad I haven't set foot in it since this summer. :p

A monthly metro card is $104 and an individual ride is $2.25; so if you use the subway.bus twice a day you'd save about $20 in a month. Since public transportation is all I use and I rarely take cabs, it makes sense to me.

a) Haircut: Nothing. I get my hair cut by friends or family. ^^
b) Groceries: I get groceries every two weeks, and spend about $150 for two people and two pets. I order bugs online for my bearded dragon every couple of months, for about $30. Since both my boyfriend and I work in the mall, we frequently make trips to the grocery store in there to supplement our at-work food supply, which is much cheaper (and healthier) than making frequent trips to the food court. lol
c) Rent: $900 for a one bedroom basement suite. All utilities, plus cable, internet, and use of the washer/dryer, are included.
d) Gym membership: I don't have one. Even the budget memberships are too expensive.
e) Gas and electricity: Included in my rent.
f) Water: Again, included.
g) Anything else: If I were to continue to take the local (and horribly run) transit, I'd be paying $53 for a bus pass (soon to be $60 - ugh). Believe me, it's not even worth that small amount. Instead, I walk, and pay $18 for a sheet of 10 bus tickets every few weeks, which I share with my boyfriend.

Where do you live? Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

a) for a haircut $30-$40
b) for your weekly groceries $100 a month. We only shop once a month.
c) for your monthly rent $275 for a 2 bedroom house.
d) for monthly gym membership (if applicable)
e) for your monthly gas and electricity $100 for electricity and it runs anywhere from $15-$200 for gas depends on the season. It's very cheap in the summer.
f) for your monthly water rates $23 a month for water because we just had a rate increase
g) anything else you wish to add

Where do you live? Magnolia, Arkansas

Oh boy, here we go...

a) for a haircut - When I get my haira cut, I also get my highlights. It runs between $55 and $70. This is every 6 weeks to every 3 months, depends how bad it looks and if I have money, haha.
b) for your weekly groceries - We spend between $50 and $100 on groceries a week... IF that. That doesn't include 90% of our meat, which we get from his parents or my parents.
c) for your monthly rent - $400, 2 bedroom duplex.
d) for monthly gym membership - Thankfully, Tyler and I don't have to pay for it since my family owns the gym. ;) But it would be $45 for him amonth, $35 for me since I'm in school.
e) for your monthly gas and electricity - It'll be between $80 and $150.
f) for your monthly water rates - It's included with our electricity bill... about $20 maximum, depends how much laundry we do. XP
g) anything else you wish to add - I don't believe so... Everything is more expensive around here because we're a podunk little town... Lots of ranchers around. Closest WalMart? 2 hours away.

Where do you live? Valentine, Nebraska. Heart City. North Central NE, 10 miles from the SD border.

a) for a haircut :: Anywhere between £15 and £50 depending on if there's a colour involved.
b) for your weekly groceries :: Between £70 and £100
c) for your monthly rent :: About £300.
d) for monthly gym membership (if applicable) :: Hahahahahahaha!!!
e) for your monthly gas and electricity :: £90
f) for your monthly water rates :: £25
g) anything else you wish to add

Where do you live? The armpit of Britain...otherwise known as Wigan / Land o' Pies

a) for a haircut: $45- $50
b) for your weekly groceries: $270
c) for your monthly rent: I don't know, my husband pays it
d) for monthly gym membership: N/A
e) for your monthly gas and electricity: I don't know, my husband pays it
f) for your monthly water rates: I don't know, my husband pays it
g) anything else you wish to add:
• Child expenses: $50 bi-weekly for lunches
• Fuel: $180- $320 monthly depending on how much I travel
• Ciggies: $120 a month, sometimes more
• Helping my Dad to pay bills & live: 1/2 of every paycheck (by choice)

Where do you live? Northern Utah, USA

a) I'm growing my hair, so I've avoided the hairdresser for quite some time. i think the last time I went I paid $22 just to trim the ends.
b) $100-$120 to get Organic vegetables delivered to our house and then a little bit more for the household items we buy from the shop (most, if not all, the stuff we buy is organic, so we pay a little bit extra for it)
c) I don't pay rent :/
d) I don't - my boyfriend is the manger so he just lets me in haha
e) I don't pay for these either
f) Yeh I don't pay for these either
g) I'm a full time student and not currently working. I'm waiting until I finish up this school year (4 more weeks) before I look for a new job...and even then my boyfriend doesn't really want me paying for stuff...trust me, I've tried

Where do you live? Australia

a) for a haircut
a) I usually cut my own hair, but I'll pay up to $30 if I want something new.
b) About $50-$70.
c) $465
d) n/a
e) I don't drive, and electricity is approx. 50 cents a day here, so less than $20 a month.
f) Water is included in rent!

I live in Oregon.

All my money goes on fags and booze =P

a) for a haircut-the first and only time I paid someone to cut my hair was a couple of years ago..it was around $15.
b) for your weekly groceries-between $120-150 (every two weeks)
c) for your monthly rent-$200
d) for monthly gym membership (if applicable)-Not a clue..
e) for your monthly gas and electricity-gas..it's propane and I have to pay around $1450/winter, so roughly $120/month (ghetto furnace has been updated so I hope it's considerably cheaper this winter. electricity-$130/month
f) for your monthly water rates-$45
g) anything else you wish to add-library book fines haha $.10/paperback, $.25/hardback per day

Where do you live? West Virginia. Yep, I'm one of those people...