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Forum: Portugal

Dec 28th 2017, 1:35 pm

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Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

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Posted By Moses2013

Re: Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

Well it just depends and you can still rent decent enough flats or houses under £500 in some parts. Of course if someone is focused on one specific area (Cotswold) it gets harder. But even if you are...

Forum: Portugal

Dec 28th 2017, 10:33 am

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Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

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Posted By Moses2013

Re: Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

That's the thing, anywhere in the world you can grow your own herbs on a window sill and it's not expensive to cook from scratch. You have those Brits who buy British products in Portugal, just like...

Forum: Portugal

Dec 28th 2017, 9:35 am

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Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

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Posted By Moses2013

Re: Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

No longer in UK now. Based in Ireland but I think that people just have different buying habits and don't always see what's available in their own country. We have fishmongers and they basically have...

Forum: Portugal

Dec 28th 2017, 7:21 am

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Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

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Posted By Moses2013

Re: Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

That's pretty obvious that eating out is cheaper. It's not the ingredients that are cheaper but the staff. It's easier to sell a meal for €7 when your staff is only getting €650 a month. In Thailand...

Forum: Portugal

Dec 27th 2017, 3:17 pm

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Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

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Posted By Moses2013

Re: Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

Look that's fine and people can compare shopping lists all their life, but I don't see the point? Both UK and Portugal can offer cheap shopping and every location is different. If somebody has a...

Forum: Portugal

Dec 27th 2017, 2:26 pm

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Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

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Posted By Moses2013

Re: Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

Well some of the products on that list aren't processed and you can always argue what's processed too. Even then, processed is not automatically bad.
At the end of the day you can cook rice in both...

Forum: Portugal

Dec 27th 2017, 2:00 pm

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Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

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Posted By Moses2013

Re: Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

But isn't that the same everywhere? Many people in other European countries can go to a local farmer and buy fruit and veg if they want. If you have a garden you can also grow your own fruit and even...

Forum: Portugal

Dec 22nd 2017, 8:03 am

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Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

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Posted By Moses2013

Re: Monthly Living Costs in Portugal

If you are always buying a specific Spanish wine then it will seem cheaper but I doubt you can live off that wine;). If you look at Lidl prices in the UK and other parts of Europe, Portugal is not...

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