In practice it's more like 80 000 SEK per month. I used to live in Sweden and while the exchange rate was 6 crowns to a dollar, the buying power of 10 crowns e

In practice it's more like 80 000 SEK per month. I used to live in Sweden and while the exchange rate was 6 crowns to a dollar, the buying power of 10 crowns equaled the buying power of a dollar. Just look at fast food. 5 bucks can get you a decent meal in the US at a fast food joint, about what you could get for 50 crowns on Sweden. As far as rent goes, it really is much worse in CA. I lived in a studio apartment in Stockholm right by Karlaplan ( very ritzy area ) and paid 10k/month SEK. To get something like that in SF would be much more.