USA to AUS
Nov 25th 2019, 9:12 am
#16
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Re: USA to AUS
LA is a hellish urban cesspool.
Sydney headed that way.
Denver is not bigger than Melbourne.
I am pleased there are more cows where I am than people in my shire.
Sydney headed that way.
Denver is not bigger than Melbourne.
I am pleased there are more cows where I am than people in my shire.
Last edited by carcajou; Nov 25th 2019 at 9:19 am.
Nov 25th 2019, 8:30 pm
#17
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Re: USA to AUS
What's wrong with LA? I quite like it. The public transport is rubbish but other than that, there's plenty to like about it.
Nov 30th 2019, 8:51 pm
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Re: USA to AUS
We have great wine growing areas, so wine is cheap.
We have farms here so fruit, vegetables and meat can be cheap (depends where you shop).
Most clothes are imported from China, but they are cheap too.
The only really expensive thing I think is books, I wanted to buy a new book and the price was quoted as $45.00. Then I would need $10.00 petrol or $7.00 train ticket to pick it up, or they could post it out for $12.00, plus it would take three weeks to reach me. So instead I brought it online from The Book Depository in the UK. It cost me $20.00 with free postage and I had it five days later.
Dec 1st 2019, 12:08 am
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Re: USA to AUS
Well not everything is imported.
We have great wine growing areas, so wine is cheap.
We have farms here so fruit, vegetables and meat can be cheap (depends where you shop).
Most clothes are imported from China, but they are cheap too.
The only really expensive thing I think is books, I wanted to buy a new book and the price was quoted as $45.00. Then I would need $10.00 petrol or $7.00 train ticket to pick it up, or they could post it out for $12.00, plus it would take three weeks to reach me. So instead I brought it online from The Book Depository in the UK. It cost me $20.00 with free postage and I had it five days later.
We have great wine growing areas, so wine is cheap.
We have farms here so fruit, vegetables and meat can be cheap (depends where you shop).
Most clothes are imported from China, but they are cheap too.
The only really expensive thing I think is books, I wanted to buy a new book and the price was quoted as $45.00. Then I would need $10.00 petrol or $7.00 train ticket to pick it up, or they could post it out for $12.00, plus it would take three weeks to reach me. So instead I brought it online from The Book Depository in the UK. It cost me $20.00 with free postage and I had it five days later.
Dec 1st 2019, 2:27 am
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Re: USA to AUS
Book I just bought for $16 in Big W (and was same price in Target) is $28 on book depository.
And if you only want a read and return - the library is free
Dec 1st 2019, 2:53 am
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Re: USA to AUS
I usually buy books for pressies, so can't use the library for that 
Books for myself and scouse are usually from a charity shop, we read a lot, probably 3 books per week each.
Dec 1st 2019, 12:58 pm
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Dec 1st 2019, 1:54 pm
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Dec 5th 2019, 4:09 pm
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Re: USA to AUS
a ps. I just realised that I buy all my books from Booktopia, not Book Depository. Just in case anyone found out and thought I was a fibber 
