<prompt> Human: Just for kicks, I recently decided to figure out how much my annual expenses have changed over time. I think its a useful reminder of just how much your budget is determined by where you live. Note: These numbers are based on a school year calendar from August through April, so for example 2016-2017 indicates August 2016 through April 2017. Summers are not included since my incomeexpenses were a lot more variable. Junior Year of College 2016-2017Location: Midwestern city with low COLIncome: Full tuition coverage via scholarships, plus another 1700 in additional scholarships. My parents contributed 2000. Basically lived on that along with the money I earned over the previous summer roughly 3500 .Expenses: 7000 total for the school year. That includes literally everything, as crazy as it sounds. My rent was 350 a month lived in a townhouse with 3 roommates. Senior Year of College 2017-2018Location: Same Midwestern city with low COLIncome: Full tuition coverage via scholarships, plus another 20,000 in additional scholarships I was very fortunate to receive several awards that year and max out my scholarship income. No parental contributions.Expenses: 14,000 total for the school year for TWO people!. I moved in with my boyfriend and paid for basically all of our living expenses. Our rent was 600 a month for a 1-bedroom apartment. First Job After College 2018-2019Location: East coast city with high COLIncome: 30,000 pre-tax, plus another 1000 or so in side hustles. Dont worry, Im headed to grad school next year, so my income wont be that low in the long-term.Expenses: 14,000 total for the year for ONE person!. This is projected based on my spending from the past few months for consistency, I am still excluding the summer months. My boyfriend now fiancé, actually! is still in school so I am no longer supporting him financially as we live in different states. My rent is 710 a month apartment with 2 roommates. I live very frugally here while I try to build my savings.x200B;In conclusion, as you consider jobs in various parts of the country, definitely pay VERY CLOSE attention to the COL in that area! I literally supported two people in city 1 for the same cost as just supporting myself in city 2 and I am honestly more frugal now than I was back then. Food for thought!x200B;Tl;dr: Cheap Midwestern city cost me around 7000 per year, per person to survive on a frugal budget. Expensive East coast city costs me twice as much 14,000 per year to survive on an even more frugal budget.  <response>: Yea my house would be 4x cheaper if I moved back home. 