# How much do you pay for food compared to housing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-food-compared-to-housing/573992>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 9, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-food-compared-to-housing/573992 "2011-03-09T01:36:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-food-compared-to-housing/573992/21 "2011-03-11T13:35:22Z")

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I’m currently going through a period of homelessness, at least until full-time employment comes along, so technically I’ve been spending infinitely more on food (roughly 120 USD/month) than on housing (0 USD/month).

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**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-food-compared-to-housing/573992/22 "2011-03-11T18:57:42Z")

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Our family of 6 usually burns through about $600-700 USD worth of groceries every month. We eat out maaaybe once or twice per month as a family, so tack on another $100 to that. Our mortgage is around $900 a month. $1200 after you figure in home owners associations and property taxes and all that. So, we’ve got $800 food vs. $1200 housing. (I’m not sure which of those figures is more horrifying to me! No wonder we’re always broke!)

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**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-food-compared-to-housing/573992/23 "2011-03-12T00:19:28Z")

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27% housing  
12% food and grocery items

So I marked the 3rd option.

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