Cost–benefit analysis as an expat
Jan 9th 2018, 5:09 am
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Cost–benefit analysis as an expat
Was the new worth giving up the old?
Was the old worth embracing the new?
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Was the old worth embracing the new?
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Jan 9th 2018, 5:16 am
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Jan 9th 2018, 5:30 am
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Re: Cost–benefit analysis as an expat
No not really. The old was better overall. And suppose with the old there would be no years of being homesick.
Jan 9th 2018, 11:18 am
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Re: Cost–benefit analysis as an expat
Well yes. I drove an MGC in the UK, here I have a Healey. Thus we may say that I achieved the improvement in material standard of living one seeks when emigrating. Me intangibles got massacred but the car's more valuable.
Jan 9th 2018, 1:22 pm
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Re: Cost–benefit analysis as an expat
Kind of the same question, no?
UK -vs- Canada
Having to work (with increasing distaste) to live -vs- not having to work
Privacy and occasional loneliness -vs- never lonely, can still have privacy
Loved and lost (to the husband) -vs- loved and lost (widowed)
No challenges -vs- some challenges
Not close family -vs- close family
Unremarkable weather -vs- icy, snowy winters, steamy summers
Ease of foreign travel -vs- difficulty of most travel
Longer life
-vs- greater number of years of leisure
Little contribution to the lives of others -vs- major contribution
UK -vs- Canada
Having to work (with increasing distaste) to live -vs- not having to work
Privacy and occasional loneliness -vs- never lonely, can still have privacy
Loved and lost (to the husband) -vs- loved and lost (widowed)
No challenges -vs- some challenges
Not close family -vs- close family
Unremarkable weather -vs- icy, snowy winters, steamy summers
Ease of foreign travel -vs- difficulty of most travel
Longer life
-vs- greater number of years of leisureLittle contribution to the lives of others -vs- major contribution
Jan 9th 2018, 1:26 pm
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Re: Cost–benefit analysis as an expat
Been watching Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld and I'm hankering for a classic again.
Jan 9th 2018, 1:27 pm
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Re: Cost–benefit analysis as an expat
Yes
Jan 9th 2018, 1:35 pm
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Re: Cost–benefit analysis as an expat
The only snag so far is that it does open one up to the line that other things, for example, a third horse, are nowhere near as expensive as that car.
Jan 9th 2018, 1:44 pm
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Re: Cost–benefit analysis as an expat
It's the sensible thing to have. Otherwise one has to compromise and have a car that's not ideal for the summer and not ideal for the winter. The Mustang's a triumph of technology, really a piece of engineering brilliance, but, it's a big car, softly sprung and so not all that sporty. At the same time, it could use more ground clearance in the snow. Having a vehicle ideal for the summer without compromise allows one to trade the neither fish nor fowl car for something ideal for winter. That's my rationale.
The only snag so far is that it does open one up to the line that other things, for example, a third horse, are nowhere near as expensive as that car.
The only snag so far is that it does open one up to the line that other things, for example, a third horse, are nowhere near as expensive as that car.
Jan 9th 2018, 1:51 pm
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Jan 9th 2018, 2:30 pm
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Re: Cost–benefit analysis as an expat
Longer life -vs- greater number of years of leisure
At it's most simplest level, so far I've had over 13 years since I last "worked" and I may not have had that many had I remained in the UK and worked to the more usual age.
More complicated...the various inadequate and inferior to the UK support systems in place in Canada, when it comes to health related matters (more so my wife but a knock on effect for me) has contributed to stresses and strains that I might expect to shorten my life.
More complicated...the various inadequate and inferior to the UK support systems in place in Canada, when it comes to health related matters (more so my wife but a knock on effect for me) has contributed to stresses and strains that I might expect to shorten my life.
Last edited by BristolUK; Jan 9th 2018 at 2:32 pm.