USD 1200 or around RUB 30,000 per month. When I arrived in Moscow (Dec. 2000) I was paying USD 250/mo. for a studio directly on the old Arbat, then USD 270 for a two-room on Novoslobodskaya. Both were simple Russian renovations. At that time, I could have lived here on a USD 500/mo. budget if I chose to.
Today, if you look hard, you can find a studio apartment in Moscow for USD ~600 and a room in a shared apt. for USD ~400. This probably won't be in the very center, but they do exist and surface from time to time on the expat/redtape sites. If you can cook, you can stock your fridge for USD 50/week. Eat out 2x a week, and that's another USD 50 (You can eat a lot for 600 rubles in numerous venues in Moscow) USD 50 for one night out every weekend. RUB 520 (USD ~20) for a metro card valid for 60 rides in a 30 day period. Shop for clothes during sales periods 2x a year. 600 each time, or buy at home when doing a visa/registration trip. Add it all up: 400 for a room in shared apt. 200 for groceries 200 dining out/take away/delivery 200 nightlife budget 020 metro card 100 clothing ------------ 1120 Independent and qualified English teachers these days make about RUB 1500/hr. (almost USD 60) so you can live here modestly from working just 20 hours a month. Time-wise, that's less than I work in 2 days. I have a few friends that live this way and are happy. I personally couldn't deal with so much time off or the job insecurity associated with freelancing. On 8/13/07, Pa lo ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is about my expectations for living standards in Moscow. This will > be an interesting conversation; probably each of you have a different idea > of what living wage is. > > > > The first time I was in Moscow I left because I couldn't afford even > rent. I went hungry, burned through my savings and had to leave. > > I consider living wage as: pay all your household bills + rent > + bus/metro fare + groceries + buy average clothes AND be able to go out on > the weekend to a bar and afford my drinks and may be twice a year to see a > concert. It'd be nice to be take a train trip to another part of Eastern > Europe or Russia, but nothing fancy: just the train ticket, hostel, cheap > food and a little spending money. I'd like enough household gadgets to keep > me connected with the world. And, yeah, roommates in a Russian-style > apartment is just groovy. :) The only extras for me are that I want a > washing machine, mobile, internet access and more than 3 channels on the TV > (just local service). > > But neither do I expect to shop at Sedmoi Kontinent every day nor order > products from my home country. I don't expect a Yevropeskii remont on my > apartment nor have it located in the Center. (It *would* be nice to have it > within a 2-km walk from a Metro station, though.) I don't expect to have a > car nor personal driver. Etc. > > > > Now, my question to you all is.... > So what range of salary do you think would fit what I'm looking for? > > I can't wait for your ever-interesting replies. :-) > -me > > > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Ya tebya lyublyu, Moskva. > > ------------------------------ > ¡Ya está aquí Windows Live Spaces! Ahora podrás crear fácilmente tu propio > sitio Web. Pruébalo <http://spaces.live.com/signup.aspx> > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >
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