What I Spend in a Week in LA as a 24 Year Old | Millennial Money

[@kjdance423]

It’s crazy how as a college student I could make $50 last so long and now I can spend it so quickly!

[@MorganYatesVids]

so true

[@TaylorWoods]

I think about this ALL THE DANG TIME

[@Kate-bo6sb]

Would love you to do like a series of this. I really like hearing about other people's spending (even when it's not perfect) because it makes me think about how I use my money. In reality, no weeks are the same. I also travel fairly often, and like you, I want to be able to treat a friend if they're visiting. I'd love to see you do this every so often (maybe seasonally?) if you were interested. Like it'd be cool to see you do this around Christmas or a friend's wedding in addition to less eventful weeks. I find it helps so much to make money feel less stressful when others are willing to openly discusss it.

[@MorganYatesVids]

I definitely want to do more of these!! Thanks for watching :)

[@hunterjumperprincess3389]

You should do a full month of spending like the actual CNBC Millennial Money. I’m going to be moving to LA soon and would really like to gain a better perspective on the costs

[@DeniseAnne519]

This video made me realize I gotta start a side hustle

[@BronwynAlexandriaa]

daz_ies exactly

[@gracieannphotography_]

Hey girl! I have the perfect side hustle for you!! Message me on insta @gracieann1228

[@hanhan766]

I love this kind of video, I would be interested in watching another series of what you spend but a full week in LA! My husband and I bought a house a year ago here in Arizona, we have a mortgage but thankfully no other debt - we paid off our cars & no student debt!

[@jenr4573]

When you said the amount of your rent I was like wow that’s awesome then you said it was per week 😆

[@kimberlyrobinson4145]

Same😂😂😂

[@emilyanne1562]

"359 dollars for rent...." me: what! that's well cheap- "per week." 'OH OhH yikes" there's me struggling to get by with £488 per MONTH rent

[@lovelylinds]

emilyanne films Rent in my town is like $1500 a month. Your rent sounds really cheap, tbh. 😂 As does her rent for an apartment in a huge city.

[@emilyanne1562]

@@lovelylinds If you were to rent an apartment in my town it would be roughly the same as yours. however, thats more than i get paid so i house share! works out a lot cheaper. would kill for my own place though

[@kyriiikoo3732]

I pay about 330€/month for the same size of the room in the center of the city where my university is 😅 and i also lived in a city, which is a bit bigger than the one now, and i would have paid about 400-600€/month

[@brittanikinch395]

My rent for a month is 820$ and that includes an entire garage and it’s a 3 bedroom duplex with a bath and a half full basement with washer dryer hookups living room dining room kitchen and mud room. Also a large front porch and small back yard! That’s in western/ upstate NY in between Rochester and Syracuse.

[@amypapillon9272]

i have 256 usd dollar a month (but i live in a 3 rooms appartement with 2 friends)

[@PlainAndChelsea]

I avoid skipping the ads in your videos because your channel deserves everything it can get 🤩 pls do more videos like this!!

[@MorganYatesVids]

omg ily

[@JessicaShaye]

honestly I feel like you spend a lot less than most youtubers probably do

[@JessicaShaye]

@@lwolf101 traveling is very expensive?

[@eggegg8181]

Yep, just look at Brooke miccio’s video....and that wasn’t even a full week of expenses and not including rent etc

[@_mariuca_]

I spend this week (including rent and bills for the week) 195 dollars (my rent and bills per month is 275 dollars). I live in Iasi, Romania (eastern Europe)

[@robitai525b]

I think it’s weird that it’s expected that bridesmaids need to pay for everything for the bride. Being in a wedding is already a very costly event. I too am getting married and would never expect my girlfriends to take me away for a weekend and cover all the expenses.

[@ariannawestley]

robitai525b Some brides expect it but I’ve seen a lot of groups of bridesmaids do it because they want to.

[@ashleyzych5366]

For my friend we covered the bridal shower and her bachelorette party. We had a large party and we were frugal. I didn’t mind it, I wanted her to have a ton of fun!

[@sarkail2oo]

For those commenting about her rent, it's actually not that bad (for her area, the townhome prices [aka HOAs, misc fees] and the amount of space that she has). The total monthly fee is $1,796.30 per month. I know a friend living right by UC Irvine paying $2,065 a month for a small studio APARTMENT which is not including utilities and her parking space charge. You all have to consider the cost of living in California is outrageous and in order to live in a "nice part" (in comparison to new, suburban areas) of Los Angeles it is even more expensive. I would pay extra for the safety and the security of myself and my belongings as a woman living with another female roommate.

[@CommeDeGarcones]

Just wanna say thank you for your time and advice. I’m moving to Fresno, CA from Buffalo, NY. Big help, even the college videos being a full time worker & student!

[@Mocktrialstudent6]

Antonio Castro You are gonna save a lot of $ living in Fresno! Trust me. Lol

[@CommeDeGarcones]

Carol Cuyuch I can’t wait. Fresh start for me so. 😅

[@Juliezeneth]

this was so interesting! i just started to budget (lol like this week) and it is crazy to see how much money one can spend...not thinking about what I am buying and swiping my debit/credit card... lol it adds up quick. so far i have done great haha hope to keep it up 💕

[@stephandden]

Love that you shared a random week, that included travel! I posted a What I Spend In A Week video as well, but it was a pretty standard work week - it's interesting to see the differences!

[@laurynhylton3734]

i would love to see a video like this again for a different week just to see the variety of your spending throughout different circumstances! absolutely loved this video!

[@madisonlacey]

this is actually such an interesting video idea! i eventually want to move to LA for work so this is super helpful! thank u💕

[@LexieLombard]

I love your spin on this! Definitely wanna see this concept trend

[@Smileymarsian]

I live in Ireland and spend 405euros a month on rent and then probably another 150 on food, gas, socializing, etc.. University is expensive!! Love the video Morgan. Would love a video on a month's whole spending in LA :)

[@maggiekudrick4616]

Loved this video! For at home workouts, I would recommend Sydney Cummings. She has bodyweight and weighted workouts ranging from 10-60 min. You will definitely be sweating and feel the burn if you go at your intensity!

[@JustJacquilyn]

Just found your channel!!! ❤️ ✨SUBSCRIBED✨ I love the way your videos are made and your whole esthetic! LOVE that California does that with plastic bags! I’m in Iowa and we still have plastic bags in the plenty sadly 😢 $105 for an oil change just made me nauseous! Here it’s about $40 and about the same to do it yourself but you get to pick the better quality filter and oil when you do it yourself! You are such a very money wise person it seems already! You also already seen where you know you can do it better i mean like the coffee, that SOOO many people are used to paying everyday! My house mortgage on a $58,000 house monthly is about $260, and $60 for house insurance, I don’t have property taxes escrowed so we account for them like a regular bill. $70-$90 for 2 people for dinner with some lunches for a week. $30 a week for gas for myself and $50 for my boyfriends truck. Just some of my bills for ya! My highest is US Cellular which is a cell phone company. Myself and my boyfriend both have iPhone X from last year with will be paid off next June, and both have Apple watches that will be paid off in September 2020. Then I have a 2018 12.9” IPad with the matching keyboard and it’s my baby (next to my dog Ragnar) so that bill is total about $318 with myself paying $184 and my boyfriend paying $134. He doesn’t pay the cost of the payment on my tablet.

[@daniellejordan.p]

been watching your videos for years & I NEVER comment so hello !! absolutely love all of your content, keep up the amazing work!

[@bayleeredmond]

yikes my oil change for my honda civic is only like $30

[@broadleyful]

Same!!

[@avakpl]

I have a bmw ... oil changes are just expensive for them. But I think I get mine done like once a year and when I had a Honda I had to go more often ....

[@broadleyful]

@@avakpl interesting!

[@MallieAnn13]

BMWs are expensive to maintain. Any high priced vehicle like them is going to be expensive to maintain.

[@Alejandra-pc6pq]

But that’s every 3 months! She does it once a year!

[@frutos534]

You should have all of your yt friends do a video with you where you all compare what you spend. That way we know what most you tubers in la spend their money on

[@christinesalto8716]

I absolutely love this video idea! Would love to see one of these every few months (one per season)

I love this video idea so much! I'd love to see other ones but in different circumstances! (traveling, regular week in LA, holiday season, etc.)

[@katherineburtt2502]

I live in Portland, OR and spent $66 this week. $30 for groceries and $36 for gas. Then if you want to add in rent, utilities, car payment and insurance and other bills like my phone, it adds up to $427 for this week.

[@admirbarucija2018]

I love your videos so much! You’ve quickly become one of my favorite channels ❤️

[@GlamGoddes101]

“millennial money” yes! I love that series on CNBC

[@jessroberts7111]

Did you and all your YT friends plan this!? I swear I just scrolled through my sub box and like 5 other girls posted this same vid after you did. Im loving this marathon of everyone’s spending! It’s giving me the satisfaction of going through someone’s purse but without having to 😂

[@MorganYatesVids]

We didn't!! But I love it hahaha all our friends posted these this weekend

[@jessroberts7111]

Morgan Yates so funny, love that y’all are on the same wavelength!!

[@shelbifavre]

I need some explanation on the once a year oil change

[@ariannawestley]

Maybe she doesn’t drive very much. A lot of KZbinrs seem to prefer taking an Uber.

[@saraashkir5793]

Honestly that’s not terrible for spending. I’ve seen others do this and they spend like $1000 in a week without rent

[@niamaray6327]

Do another version!!! Would LOVE to see it!

[@jillian8510]

I think your spending and expenses are really normal and your rent is a good deal!

[@truecollar9059]

Please do this video for the holidays! I think that would be interesting to see!

[@tz6100]

I rent a fully renovated bungalow in quebec city and split it with my boyfriend, but my part of rent a month is 500$ cad lmao

[@joelleratte8862]

Wow I rarely see people from Quebec commenting on videos I watch😱🤘🏻

[@Hanndango]

Have you watched The Politician on Netflix? You’re giving me major McAfee vibes & im here for it 🙌🏻

[@beccaschnabel3424]

$487.50 for rent per month! I share a house with 3 roommates in my college town of Bozeman, MT! Loved this vid Morgan 😁

[@emmavanhaele]

I’ve never seen anyone else on the internet that lives in Montana! It’s great here!

[@black4ever018]

Aaah! I'm in great falls!! $500 per month for mortgage on a 1600 sq ft house 😍

[@emilyanne1562]

£488.47 for me! I share a house with 3 other roommates too . In London though!

[@ursuchazoey]

crying I wish I could find a place with your rent! i respect you were super open and real

[@alfonsocruz5461]

Watching these videos make me feel better about my spending 😂

[@bloocandy247]

I don't even make 700 a week 😂 so glad I don't live in LA or have many friends

[@shelbifavre]

I liked that this was basically a vlog style version of the Money Diaries Refinery 29 does! (Most of those people spend way more than you, so don't feel bad.)

[@alexandram]

this was super helpful! Also, im so surprised for the amount you pay for rent!! Especially for LA! Great video!💕

[@BRhymesss]

I divided my October spending by 4 and I spent a total of $401.25 a week in October. I was $156 over budget in October though. 😫 I bought some Christmas gifts. but this includes my rent, car payment & insurance. I live about 30 min outside of Houston. :)

[@rileyz2448]

I go to college in Indiana and I average $260 a week including rent, $190 not including rent. Gotta love the midwest.

[@MrsDavis913]

I’d love to see a normal LA week + a travel week.

[@kristenelise]

I spend about $200 a week on rent, and I live in Birmingham! I got this budgeting book recently where I write down every purchase so I’m aware of where my money goes... and oh man, that was eye opening 😅

[@nataliegayoso]

This was such a well put together video!! So fun to watch :)

[@camille6679]

I think a video like this that would be interesting is maybe "what i spend in a month in ____" because there you could/we could see actually how your spending habits fluctuate every week.

[@samanthabissell22]

please do more videos of these as they’re inspiring fabulous video

[@LindaAtHome]

Hawaii is very expensive. The normal for going out on a decent restaurant is about $25-30/person plus tip. Fast food here I'd say is about $15/person. Rent with a roommate averages $700/800/month. I have a mortgage which is about $3100/month. Homes are just really expensive over here. Food is one of the biggest expensve here because of how the shipping works with America. Average groceries is 800/1200/month per person to family. If you make $86k per year per person they consider you low income here. I shop in bulk for my family to try to keep groceries low but I still hit about $1200-1500/month for 2 adults/2toddlers.

[@madelineclark5646]

Linda Reichman that’s why my family has to move out of hawaii it was ridiculous

[@meandmysister139]

This was an amazing video!! it was really interesting and girl keep making videos like these!!!

[@beautystar08]

My rent is 675 a month for a 4 bedroom/3 bath house in a tiny town in Kentucky

[@lauracox285]

savannah lay I’m in a city in Kentucky and I pay $1100 for a tiny studio downtown lol

[@beautystar08]

@@lauracox285 lol Louisville or Lexington?

[@lauracox285]

savannah lay lol Lexington. It’s sort of funny how Lou and Lex were the only two options 😂 which tiny town?

[@beautystar08]

@@lauracox285 Burgin

[@sarajanell7613]

Wow that’s literally my rent for ONE out of four people in a 900 square foot apartment in Long Beach, Cali (SoCal)

[@christinetesch1433]

It is a good idea to save money for the future and have an emergency fund that is equal to six months of living expenses and stay out of credit card debt.

[@preetichaulk5695]

that is a super cheap bachelorette party haha good job! i'm 32 but i found this so interesting and it made me miss my mid-20s!

[@sexybeast051]

anyone else remember when she started out on a collab channel with some other girls? i was just thinking about that. you could say i’ve been here from the beginning lol

[@sexybeast051]

i just went back and tell me how that was 8 years ago. wow it’s been a while

[@LauraMarquardt3]

8 years already? 😱 where did the time go

[@Michelangelo-m1o]

Hi, Morgan! Love you and your videos! You are my favorite youtuber!❤

[@BaileyBlurbs]

Can I just say that Caroline is so gorgeous!! She has this early 2000s T Swift vibe about her.

[@angmregalado]

You’re so kind and generous for buying so many things for others lol.

[@brittbecka8552]

The bags are in Canada too you get charged 5 cents per bag . I know in pei there illegal now.

[@haleydelph9017]

I live in Valparaiso IN and I pay $385 in rent for the MONTH!! In a 2 bedroom apartment with one roommate. I can’t believe rent is so high in these big cities 😅

[@msbeautybubbles411]

My husband and I spent $2500 last month total including rent and that was for two of us. We agreed we have been spending too much and need to cut back lol. We live in the Midwest and have a cheap apartment.

[@haelimjeong7968]

I’d love to see different variations of how much you spend in a week!!

[@rusialopez3164]

I love this morgan! Thank you for this video, hopefully theres more coming.

[@samrshrp]

I will give you Caroline’s moms healthy avocado chicken salad recipe for your soup recipe. Haha. Miss you.

[@Squnnies401]

Hooooooly crap i started watching you when you filmed with those 2 other girls. It’s crazy to see how far you’ve come

[@TaylorWoods]

how did i just find your channel !!!!!

[@paulinatran24]

As someone who loves to save money, i loved this video and seeing the different expenses can add up!! honestly, living at home rent free, I try and spend less than $50 a week. My goal is to move out of province so gotta save as much as I can!

[@hr415]

Where is your clothes rack from?! And how did you organize it. I love it!!!

[@katrineikjaer8586]

I have a strict £50 ($65) a week budget, that I almost always stick to, and my weekly rent is £74.6 ($96.54) excluding bills - I'm a student in Scotland living off student grants.

[@ItsSarahThyme]

Millennial money! Love that series

[@jordanschnee13]

loved this video!!! you should definitely do it again!

[@TarynnH]

Ah man my mortgage is $530/month that I split with my boyfriend. Our groceries come out to $75/week and we only eat out on special occasions. But we definitely don’t socialize as much as you, so can’t fault you for spending money on that!

[@ashleyburnette8847]

This is a wonderful idea! I’m also proud of you because I thought you were gnna spend way more. I need to chill with my spending

[@paigeelizabeth7388]

Hi Morgan, love you and your channel. I was wondering what type of mic you use? :)

[@felicityrose7218]

can you link the soup recipe !!! can't have dairy and would love to make the vegan recipe !!!

[@nicholeleahy8447]

I have a Volvo and need full synthetic oil, and its about $100 for oil changes

[@alishawatkins99]

Where did you get your rug?? I'm looking for one and yours is so cute!

[@yoselinajaimes6193]

$100 on a BMW oil change is it bad. Actually, a little on the lower side considering you’re in LA.

[@sylvestr79]

I get free oil changes bc I take it to where I bought it. But I spend a lot more in a week than I used to, but such is life.

[@eleo_b]

Americans seem to spend so much on food and drinks on the go. And they go out for dinner a lot more than I or people around me do. I know KZbinrs aren’t regular life, but still.

[@RedHead94100]

I have a BMW too and my oil changes are like $80-90 in rural Missouri so that actually sounds like too good of a deal for LA lol full synthetic esspensive 🥴

[@juliatokiohotellover]

Watching this almost four years later is insane. Things were CHEAP back then!

[@nicolemiller3530]

Can you explain how $32 in groceries lasts a week 😩

[@kalisue6573]

Nicole Miller I’m guessing cause she was home for only 4 days of the week and she ate out a lot that first half of the week.

[@haleydelph9017]

Plus if you already have a lot of non perishables in your pantry (rice, oats, canned foods, etc) you really just have to buy meat produce and dairy. That’s what I usually do!

[@orangeboy97]

She eats out a lot, so she's not going to need many groceries

[@kayhelen3449]

she eats out a lot

[@MallieAnn13]

If you shop at cheaper stores like Aldi you can get more for your money

[@cyliejeanjohnston2500]

Considering I make about $650 every two weeks, and live pretty much pay check to pay check and keep a baseline $150 in my account at all times I spend about $325 a week on cabs to work, food for two adults, all my bills, and fun (aka makeup) so I don’t think you’re too bad. I’ve seen KZbinrs doing this spend over $3000 in a week lol

[@alisonseahaven]

I love the way you edit!

[@tippitytiptap]

I was thinking these videos may be more effective if people do it based on consumption rather than spending money (ie gift cards, and free trips count). Just because I feel like it’s such a privilege to get these things for free. Anyway, nice vid. Like the concept.

[@avakpl]

That’s not bad at all ! Thank you for sharing :)

[@jenrose896]

$1500 for a 4 bed/3 bath in LA, HOLY SHIZZZZ! I pay $1050 for a 1 bed/ 1 bath in PA and it is FAR from highend. (I wish) my money was going towards high end... 😑😑😑

[@Hre4Snyder]

JenRose89 she only pay for the one room, she doesn’t rent the entire apartment

[@leonorfeio3948]

I really liked this video!! more pleeeease :)

[@diamondcentury21]

Just have cooked at home meals and you’ll save a lot of money 😭

[@MorganYatesVids]

Under normal circumstances that's what I do most of the time!

[@HannahR]

I'd love different versions of this!

[@sophiecharlotte5998]

This is so me, i'm far too scared to total up how much I spend in a week hahah

[@goldnose9910]

i loveeeee all your videos

[@victoriashore2576]

love these!!

[@tetete1234567]

I suggest you do a challenge where you try to spend 0$ for the biggest amount of time I'm doing that where I'm feeling that I'm spending a lot. The longest time for me is 6 days(I'm living in a base because I'm at the military service)

[@ashleylivers4043]

I loved this video!

[@MissBeautyMarked13]

i think this is such a normal week for a millennial good video

[@jackiehartman4215]

Love your vlogs

[@cavittbuckner]

When I was in high school I made 100 dollars last week and now I spend it in like 3 or 4 days, crazy!