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Old 26th October 2007, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jmspringbok View Post
What would the approximate cost of living be including housing, food, taxes, fees, insurance, food etc for a family of 3 in the Cape Town area? My husband grew up in Kommetjie. We live in the US right now where I work as a chiropractor. My husband gets a very small pension from the South African Navy. We both love Cape Town and his family is still there. Where would one go to find a job? I suppose most chiropractors set up a practice and go to work. The thought of doing that sort of makes me sick, I have done that 3 or 4 times. There must be something that a chiropractor is qualified to do that isn't necessarily practicing chiropractic.
With $3000 per month you can have everything for a family of 4 starting fresh .This includes insurances car payments rent or morgage payments. If you are looking for more luxury you should look at $4000+ per month.

I decided to come and have look and find out for myself, so I will be here until January and I can just say I am having a great time.
Travelled all over the country with my focus on incoming tourism and problems they could expect.
No problems here yet, but in UK most of my things were stolen from my luggage!
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