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As I mentioned, elsewhere, this is in Israel - and clearly not a HCL city like Tel Aviv. While I'm not the example, I pay less than this for many things, simply because of city I live in. My cell, with 250GB of data (as an example) is 29 NIS - about $9 USD.

Prescription medication, and glasses are covered by our equivalent of HMOs. Depending on income levels these are literally free. There are no copays - we have socialised medicine.

Yesterday, I bought a pair of jeans and a t-shirt at Fox, the local store. Their cost - 55 NIS (that's ~16 USD). For a further data point, a monthly inter-city transit pass costs ~256 NIS so < $77. It also takes an hour to get from a low cost of living city, to a HCL city where one is paid more than these minimums.

Again, I don't think that someone doing this would have a high quality of life. I'm just saying that it is very possible - but it depends on many things.