I live in Brno, Czech Republic Rent + Utilities: I am living in big apartment in the city center for $1000/month, you can easily get small apartment or studio

I live in Brno, Czech Republic Rent + Utilities: I am living in big apartment in the city center for $1000/month, you can easily get small apartment or studio for $300. Internet: using Netbox provider you've got 100/100MB for like $60, if you are ok with 20 mbps both ways you will pay around $20 - $30 Food: good meal in fancy restaurant (not most expensive) will cost you for about $18/person. If you want to live on ramen, it will costs you about $2 from Vietnamese "restaurant" or under $1 if you do it by yourselves. You can live comfortable on $250/month food budget. Health insurance and pension: is taken like a tax from your wage. If you are self employed it costs around $200/month (may wary by income level). Typical wage for mid level programmer $1700 - $2000 if you work for local company, slightly more if you work for companies like IBM or Accenture.