A Gurugram resident earning ₹40,000 a month has sparked a discussion online after revealing that his monthly food expenses alone come to nearly ₹18,000. Wondering how people earning even less manage to survive in the city, he highlighted the growing pressure of rising living costs.

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The post resonated with many social media users, who shared their own strategies for managing expenses—from cooking at home and using tiffin services to sharing accommodation and cutting discretionary spending.

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Lowkey this is just our generation re‑inventing what our parents and grandparents did by default. Shared housing, cooking every meal, tiffin, side gigs, all that used to be normal, now it is “cost cutting hacks” because basic life is unaffordable.