onepearlyb

Why are you assuming I'm doing something WRONG with whatever money we have!!!!!!??????

This is absolutely ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S Don't ASSUME anything about anyone.

sr71

No assumption, you gave the impression that you couldn't make ends meet and used up all your salaries just surviving..

UncleKev

It should be possible if you plan to live a nurses lifestyle. There must be thousands of nurses in Melbourne living a decent life.

Having seen the inside of British hospitals and the Australian ones, the Aussie ones win hands down. I dont know how anyone could bear working in those depressing chav infested dumps in the UK. I had to take my son to Reading hospital once and we had to wade through initimidating groups of drug addled hoodies spitting on the floor, and avoid a massive african lad wrestling with two female police officers, just to get to the (barred) reception desk to register my son into the outpatients. Very sad, and I really felt sorry for the hospital staff.

The main problem in Melbourne in recent times has been the cost of real estate. The government has flooded Melbourne and Sydney with new migrants faster than the infrastructure could cope. Its been a bonanza for landlords.

Hopefully with the current downturn in the economy a lot of the houses and flats are going to go down in value, so it should be easier to buy something. A lot of the buy to let guys are going to get foreclosed by banks and there will be bargains to be snapped up for the astute new settler with a pocket full of English Pounds. Aussie house prices are heading for a crash of over 50%, so dont rush in to anything just yet.

Dougie

DITTO for a spark and a finanicial advisor
the dougettes have crossed it off too!


Dougie

Dougie

jeeeeeeeeeeeeez i'll keep my intended next post to myself

Dougie

onepearlyb

I have never said "we cant make ends meet".
All I am saying on here is that due to necessary high cost outgoings - we certainly don't have "the lifestyle" out here.

onepearlyb

What's your reply all about mate?
All I've done on this thread is honestly state our combined income and say that our outgoings exceed any possibility of a better lifestyle here.

Just post whatever you want to - it's a free forum.
Just don't expect to make statements on here and not expect any comeback from whoever you're aiming comments at.

Geelong Gent

Its a free world and not every one will live the way you which to live your own life. Pearly has lived in melbourne before and has tried again and has found it not too her and OH liking.

Some people will come and love Melbourne as I, Buzzy and many others have. But others will come with same salary, funds etc and hate the place.

By all accounts they gave it the best shot but it just did not tick their boxes - for that reason we should not wish them bitterness but instead wish them well in their next endeavours.

Dougie

wo wo wo wo woo
I was mearly trying to add some jest to the thread and do not wish to rattle anyones cage or wish them bitterness, i have gone about this the wrong way i see,
If people cannot live the lifestyle that they are happy / accoustomed too on there salary then of course that location / job is not suited to them, and they need to address the situation with cool calm and collected thoughts and make a personel educated decision on how they and only they would like to deal with the situation.

Look, I think someone's own financial situation is a personal issue and not for a public forum stoning! No-one can really say "yeah right - if only I had $100,000 salary" coz everyone's individual situation is so varied and complex!

maybe in hindsight it should have read 'our salary' and not 100000$
As this to many people it seems to have upset slightly because this is a lot of money and alot of people on here are struggling / coping on a lot less!
But that has been said and done already on this thread.

And on that note........................... i've now given my 2cents worth.

Regards

Dougie

kporte

everybody has different circumstances, but it seems unfair that some people are almost chastised for being fortunate enough to earn a few bob. i dare say most have earned it.
on the flip side, when many families are struggling on 50 k, it pisses them off if someone posts "i have been offered a salary of $ 250,000 per week, can i survive on this?

Wendy

The point is Dougie, that peoples incomes, lifestyles and experiences are all different and what one person sees as a 'low income' others will see as a fortune.

Some people will think that to have the 'lifestyle' they need a brand new house, near the beach on a half acre block. To others the 'lifestyle' will be something as simple as more family time in a similar size house, in a suburb not near the sea, as to where they originally come from. For most it's somewhere in between.

Every single person on this site is an individual, all with different dreams, goals, experiences and expectations. For someone to say they struggle on x amount and someone else to say they can manage on less than half that isn't slating anyone or saying they are lying, it's saying that we are all different and that just because one person can't manage doesn't mean it's like that for everyone.

Like always though, the ones that want to return see anyone who says they can manage and are happy on less money that them as saying these things to upset them, which isn't true. If someone had posted that they can manage quite well on $50k in Melbourne and then someone had said to them ' that's not true' there would be lots of people jumping on the ' I can't manage either bandwagon' and nothing would be said.

And the post above are directed at me I think, so don't worry about it because I sure as hell aren't

I don't struggle and I don't just cope on our income. I am quite well off, but then I live in Adelaide and maybe the cost of living is cheaper here.

Wendy

Get off the fance mate, you'll hurt yourself

My opinion is good luck to everyone, no matter what they earn or where they live (or want to live). Life is there to be lived, and you should be as happy as you can be......sod everyone else.

kporte

i live on the fence, i'm married

Wendy

Me too

kporte

as 10cc used to say, the things we do for love