<prompt> Human: After reading, Ive learned that rentelectricwater should be less than 30 of income, maybe 35. But in high rent area I live in, as someone in an entry level field just starting out, rent itself is 30-35 for everywhere. No way I can get rentutilities under 30.Are there different percentages to live by in higher cost of living areas? My other option is living in bad part of town... ---Going over my last months expenses where I didnt limit myself on buying anything. If I needed it, I got it... And I calculated what all my expenses would be for the new rent when I move abd I treated the past move as a test run to see if I can pay for this new rent on my worst budging technique of not having a defined budget and this is the outcome:- I was able to put 20 into savings- all expenses paid for that needed to be, including a hike in rent- I was able to buy things I wanted like new clothes or toys for my cat. I dont go buying crazy things. My main wants are eating out - recreation with friends - random stuff for the house here and there.- total net cash flow when all said and done was 4. So I had extra dollars that wasnt even spent not counting savings- I found out some fixes to my budget like eating out costing more than I thought and needing to buy more for home cooking to save money so I could have better budgeting with new rent too  <response>: Roommatesnot as desirable part of town, also having a written budget helps a lot 