Manchester UK Expenses: Rent: £200-£500pm for a flat/small house. Lower end can be in somewhat interesting areas though. Bills: Utilities usually £40ish. Cou

Manchester UK Expenses: Rent: £200-£500pm for a flat/small house. Lower end can be in somewhat interesting areas though. Bills: Utilities usually £40ish. Council tax £80-120 pm. Internet/Phone: Bundled from £10-£20pm. Pay a little bit more and you can throw in cable too. Bus: £10 unlimited weekly travel Train: Depends on how far you go, obv but city to outer suburbs never more than £4-5 return. Adv returns to London from £22. Trams: Free in city with train ticket. £2-3 to outlying areas. Cinema: £7-10 a pop. Or £13pm for unlimited. Noodles: 7p cheapo packs. 80p Pot Noodles (a "Welsh" delicacy) Beer: Scandalous £3+ pint. Go outside town for decent pubs anyway and you'll be a bit closer to £2. Find a Holts or Sam Smiths and it's nearer £1. Eating out: Mid-market £30ish. Posher £60-100. (for two). McDonalds/KFC around £3-4. Wages: I think typical would be roughly £1500-£2000pm, so I hear. I'm being horribly underpaid :) I wrote way too much for a place no one would visit :)