Beoz

I'd say yes but only based on the extra that's in the bank account every month at the end. Every person will be different.

Amazulu

GDP per capita, PPP - from The World Bank:

1. Luxembourg $91388
8. USA $49965
9. Australia $44598
14. Canada $42533
20. UK 36901

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/...last&sort=desc

commonwealth

LoL

UN Human Development Index
1 Norway
2 Australia
3 United States
5 Germany
6 New Zealand
7 Ireland
11 Canada
20 France
23 Spain
25 Italy
26 United Kingdom

OECD Better Life Index
1 Australia
3 Canada
6 United States
10 United Kingdom


These are of course just rankings. How you improve your standard of living depends on you.

scrubbedexpat098

Wherever you're happiest, that's where your standard of living is highest. simple.

denzil73

But London prices are only comparable to Sydney or Melbourne taking all a city can offer into account and hence I think you'll find the Melbourne n Sydney prices just as ludicrous, if not more, than London.

Brisbane, Adelaide, Darwin and Perth aren't in the same league as London yet the prices are stupidly high. Depends if ya like the simple life or not for quality of life

chris955

Yes exactly, we can only speak about our own individual circumstances, here we have a bigger, better house onmore land and have more money in our pocket so for us in all respects our standard of living is noticeably higher. As you say you cant use exchange rates as just in recent times it has changed from $1.40 to over $1.70 to the £ but the respective wages would have stayed the same.
No amount of surveys by the UN are going to tell me where I am better off

kips

Perth in particular is ridiculously expensive for eating and drinking out. We've just got back from spending a week in Sydney and were paying half for food and drink in restaurants, pubs and cafes.

Alex87

Yes one can only talk about their personal experiences. I never really went into current exchange rates. The pay is better for my occupation in Austalia-period. As I've mentioned groceries and clothes shopping is much cheaper in the UK where you can buy a decent pair of boots/shoes for £30. Grocery shopping in Australia I found very expensive for one person I was spending up to $80. In the UK I spend £25 max per week! Same with beer and eating out its cheaper here and your wage seems to go further. Although in Australia you essentially earn more than the UK u need that extra to afford to live there. I lived in Sydney and paid $175 per week to share a room in a house and paid bills on top. Granted London is extortionate for property and I pay £80 a week to share a studio with my partner all bills included. I think if you went right down to the ninth gritty you would probably be in the same situation whether you live in Australia or the UK it's how you choose to spend your money.

Now if only I could organise a visa to get back to Oz.... One can dream....:-)

Beoz

Perth??? You serious?

verystormy

You can not compare any Oz city with London. London is regarded internationally as one of the worlds greatest cities. Its like comparing Leicester City football club with Man Utd

scrubbedexpat098

Exactly right, Man U are minnoes by comparison

stuckinblighty

Leicester is a fleapit

BadgeIsBack

Just because London is a big international city does not mean that you can't attempt to compare Sydney with it.

I think people have to remember that there are only so many 'world' cities!
We can't all bow and scrape to New York, Tokyo, Paris et cetera. I think we tend to put world cities on a pedestal - they are large cities with their own economies, yes.

Sydney is still fairly well known in the world - in the Anglosphere - and to a point in Western Europe too. It is bigger than B'Ham and Manchester.

Look at the list of cities in a published book - Sydney often comes up along with London, Paris etc.

BadgeIsBack

When we migrated:
I was always under the impression tradies moved here because, and I quote, they feel 'more respected' and because when we migrated they loved the idea of car, boat and jetski - yet more toys. Most migrant tradies had already cashed in before they set foot on Australian soil - many tradies have done well in the UK.

But servicing a car can cost in GBP that which costs AUD here.

OzTennis

Seeing as most of this not about comparing living standards but the price of a coffee or whatever I'll add a few more useless lists to add to the discussion.

1 Melbourne
2 Vienna
3 Vancouver
4 Toronto
5 Calgary
6 Adelaide
7 Sydney
8 Helsinki
9 Perth
10 Auckland

The above is the world's best 10 cities to live according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Which goes to show that according to the EIU, life is apparently more liveable in the new world.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/...?frame=2311071

The world's top 20 most VISITED cities are:

1 Bangkok
2 London
3 Paris
4 Singapore
5 New York
6 Istanbul
7 Dubai
8 Kuala Lumpur
9 Hong Kong
10 Barcelona
11 Seoul
12 Milan
13 Rome
14 Shanghai
15 Amsterdam
16 Tokyo
17 Vienna
18 Taipei
19 Riyadh
20 Los Angeles

Which just goes to show that the bulk of the world's population lives in the northern hemisphere!

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/efik4...he-world-2013/