Originally Posted by
Eastbay1K
A friend's simple little apartment in the centro of Santiago (a tiny one bedroom one bath, little kitchen, in a safe building with doorman in an ok enough neighborhood) costs him approx. US$200/mo. Public transit within the city is in the US$1 range per ride. A burrito is US$17.
That's an interesting rent/burrito price ratio (~12). If my rent was based on local burrito prices, I'd only be paying $60 a month! But if burrito prices were based on my current rent, each burrito would cost about $120!!!
Great, now I want a burrito...
