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when i lived in pittsburgh (oakland--hardly the nicest area, but cheap and close to school) i needed about $500 per month to pay my share of rent and utilities on a two bedroom apt i shared with one other person. that provided us rent, electric, phone, cable and internet.
i currently live in west virginia and a two bedroom house with the same utilities plus gas ran just a little less--about $850 total. if i had been willing to downgrade my housing standard (to a house falling apart or in a really nasty area of town) i could have cut that down by another $50-100. oddly enough, an apt of the same standard as my house would have upped my needs by about $200 per month.
15k around here isn't bad money, but unless you are living cheap and alone it would be tight depending on how many other bills you have.
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