Cheapest cities in Panama

cheap is not always the best ,, there are houses in la chorrerra you can rent for 450 a month in a semi gated neighborhood that the equivalent in balboa or Panama pacifico would be 1200 a month or more , you could find a much smaller version in some developments for 250 a month around la chorrerra which is where i live , i spend 600 a month on groceries and of that maybe an average of 30 a month eating out ,, yesterday at a fonda in cerro cama i fed 2 for less than 8 bucks ,, a buffet lunch more than i could eat ,, air cond is the single biggest factor in a lot of places , i live on 1800 a month barely as my wife pays some of the bills like cable which is 60 a month . my elec bill without air but 7 ceiling fans in my house on a hill top is near 70 a month with my pensianado discount  about 20 a month .. you can rent a cottage and be a caretaker for 250 a month. but places like that are hard to find. to much to compare to say one town is cheaper than others , i know a guy rents a place on the river for 90 a month but lives behind bars and never goes out at night ,, when ,, he stays on the internet in a room 12 by 12 with air conditioning on 24/7 and his elec bill is near 300 a month ,, if his elec goes off he suffers thru it ,, which it often does more so in small rural towns .. if you have the cash to buy a place is different entirely as gringo financing is near no existent in panama ,,