View Poll Results: Do you find the cost of living in Oz vs UK
Much cheaper
0
0%
a bit cheaper
3
6.52%
about the same overall
9
19.57%
a bit more expensive
9
19.57%
much more expensive
25
54.35%
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Living Costs Oz vs UK
Oct 2nd 2012, 4:49 am
#91
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
In order to get a comparison you are having to look at the most expensive city in the UK. The OP wanted to compaire UK to Australia. I live in London but was back in Manchester a week or so ago and I got 2 pints for £3.75. Now if you come from there I'm sure that you will find prices in most Australian cities a shock.
Oct 2nd 2012, 5:28 am
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
In order to get a comparison you are having to look at the most expensive city in the UK. The OP wanted to compaire UK to Australia. I live in London but was back in Manchester a week or so ago and I got 2 pints for £3.75. Now if you come from there I'm sure that you will find prices in most Australian cities a shock.
Oct 2nd 2012, 5:32 am
#93
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
That's another factor, the place where you live, i the above post mentions this, but take cheap pints in a Weatherspoons, why pints of beer, or lager keep getting mentioned as an example I don't know, but major cities are obviously dearer. Using the 2.3 rate, we found the cost of living to be almost the same, if anything Australia was slightly dearer, for food, but nothing dramatic.
Oct 2nd 2012, 7:02 am
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
In order to get a comparison you are having to look at the most expensive city in the UK. The OP wanted to compaire UK to Australia. I live in London but was back in Manchester a week or so ago and I got 2 pints for £3.75. Now if you come from there I'm sure that you will find prices in most Australian cities a shock.
Oct 2nd 2012, 7:36 am
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
In order to get a comparison you are having to look at the most expensive city in the UK. The OP wanted to compaire UK to Australia. I live in London but was back in Manchester a week or so ago and I got 2 pints for £3.75. Now if you come from there I'm sure that you will find prices in most Australian cities a shock.
Oct 2nd 2012, 7:47 am
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Oct 2nd 2012, 8:27 am
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
this is what i said though ....... i pay more for a pint anywhere on this little peninsula than i would in the middle of London ....... that is WRONG whatever way you try to dress it up as
Oct 2nd 2012, 8:12 pm
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Oct 2nd 2012, 8:18 pm
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
We are talking about everyday pub prices in Australia.....musrt be about the most expensive country for a drink in the world......with the worst beer
Oct 2nd 2012, 8:23 pm
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
Well the fact that the chain is always full lends one to believe people do, and forgive me I thought the title and the post I quoted reflected expense in both countries?
Oct 3rd 2012, 12:23 am
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
Alcohol should be much more expensive even in Australia. Booze cheaper than water is pretty outrageous and the pound a pint phenomenon has caused more damage to town centres than the Luftwaffe.
Oct 3rd 2012, 7:19 am
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
Being much more expensive in Australia hasnt stopped all the alcohol related issues in that country so cheap or expensive doesnt seem to matter really.
Oct 3rd 2012, 7:20 am
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
All I can say is PERSONALLY we are finding it cheaper here.
