This was like 2008 economy but I was able to make it for a while with just $20 a week for groceries down there. Could get a loaf of bread for like $0.79.
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I remember getting by with the equivalent of 300 euros my first year in college back in Spain. With that I paid rent, all my groceries and all my vices. Then, came the euro, 25% inflation from one day to the other.