10-15-2018, 10:52 AM | #11 | |
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A normal status 0 wife in this scenario can manage to cook three times as much food as a working man eats, in addition to all her other tasks. If it is a full time job, you could probably at least double that and cook for six people. Cooking is also a very common skill, so Status 1 would be too high. Lets say that it is Status 0 (though even lower than that might be likely due to plentiful supply of people who can cook). That gives the following cost 75 (raw food costs) + 300/6 = 125 Last edited by Andreas; 10-15-2018 at 10:58 AM. |
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10-15-2018, 11:33 AM | #12 | |
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10-15-2018, 11:51 AM | #14 |
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Re: some notes on cost of living
I don't think 20% of cost of living being food is a reasonable assumption for low tech, at least not at the level of the common man. That would imply that only 20% of all the work done was farming, and It seems off to me.
I suspect that food prices for Status 0 and lower in low tech societies are the bulk of their cost of living.
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10-15-2018, 11:55 AM | #15 | |
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10-15-2018, 11:58 AM | #16 | |
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Rent: $30 is the cost for a family. Since the man eats one third of the food, Lets assume that 3 such men could live in that space. That gives a rent cost of $10 per month. Cleaning and mantainance etc.: Just like for food, lets again assume that one status 0 person could does this for six people. That gives a cost of $50 per month. Nonfood purchases: We could again go with a third of the cost for a family. That gives a cost of $15 per month. The total then becomes $200 per month. Though I might assume that wifes generally work on growing some food in a garden or get some extra income somehow, so I might increase the base costs for the various expenses a bit. Taking such things into account, the cost gets a bit higher. Maybe $220 per month. Last edited by Andreas; 10-15-2018 at 12:03 PM. |
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10-15-2018, 12:01 PM | #17 | |
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The figure I'm giving is that a nixie earns average pay of $300/month, or $10/day. Is there any GURPS standard in which $10 equals 125 pounds of bread, or 1 pound of bread costs $0.08?
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