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Re: Why Australia is Expensive?
Originally Posted by mono
(Post 8260688)
That's such a dull and ultimately empty answer. OBVIOUSLY Australia is not London - we know that. No one is actually saying ''why isn't Sydney identical to London?'' - they are asking why something is absent/different in Australia, which surely they are allowed to consider.
We can still ask why Australia lacks something that the UK has without saying that we want them to be identical - that response is lazy, cheap and predictable. It doesn't answer the question but merely evades it. If an Aussie asked why the check-out assistants don't automatically pack your bags for you in UK supermarkets I wouldn't turn around to them and say ''cos this is the UK and not Australia''. Why?? Cos that's a childish retort and not an answer. And why does the UK not have Myer or David Jones???!! That's easy!!! Cos they're crap compared to the equivalents in the UK. Or maybe I gave an answer which had about as much thought put behind it as the question. As a complete side note though David Jones has a nice selection of Harrods foods, teas and biscuits. I do quite like the English Breakfast tea. |
Re: Why Australia is Expensive?
Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar
(Post 8260848)
There are plenty of "god zoners" trying to convince themselves that they are "living the dream".
http://www.godsowncounty.co.uk/ |
Re: Why Australia is Expensive?
Originally Posted by bcworld
(Post 8260900)
...I just came back from a visit - I couldn't wait to get my credit card out at every possible opportunity! :D
It was a seriously cheap holiday. More Australians last year took overseas holidays than the total foreigners holidaying in Australia from all over the world. Aussies are really taking advantage of the FX rate. |
Re: Why Australia is Expensive?
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
(Post 8261213)
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Re: Why Australia is Expensive?
Originally Posted by mono
(Post 8260699)
I think Aussies going to the UK and moaning about how expensive it supposedly is are doing their own country a great disservice in the long run because as a result of all that Brits come to Australia expecting this cheap paradise and the reality is that Australia is not really that different overall to the UK anymore. Individual items may be cheaper/more expensive but it works out to be roughly the same when you take everything into account.
It is the same as many British in Australia, especially to begin with, who find it more expensive than the locals. |
Re: Why Australia is Expensive?
Originally Posted by Weebie
(Post 8260740)
Australia was affordable 10 years ago but those days are now long gone.
I think the fact that many Brits who have never been automatically assume it would be a cheap paradise. Sterling is not the currencey it once was anymore and the AUD is now the 5th most traded. The days of 3-1 are long gone. |
Re: Why Australia is Expensive?
Originally Posted by alvin77
(Post 8259802)
Hi All,
I personally feel that (in my opinion) that Australia is expensive(grocessory,garments etc.) when I compare it to US or UK?Why its like that. In my opinion, it's not a relevant comparison to make. |
Re: Why Australia is Expensive?
Originally Posted by DownUnderPaddy
(Post 8261277)
...possibly because you are trying to compare it to the US or UK !
In my opinion, it's not a relevant comparison to make. |
Re: Why Australia is Expensive?
Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar
(Post 8261220)
If they are in Yorkshire why do they care if someone makes a comment about Aus? ;)
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Re: Why Australia is Expensive?
Originally Posted by DownUnderPaddy
(Post 8261277)
...possibly because you are trying to compare it to the US or UK !
In my opinion, it's not a relevant comparison to make. Expecting people not to compare Australia to other countries they've visited/lived in is ridiculous. Why exactly shouldn't they?? Cos you say so??! |
Re: Why Australia is Expensive?
Originally Posted by mono
(Post 8261308)
Comparisons are how we assess things in life. When you go to a restaurant, you inevitably compare it to other restaurants you've eaten in, if only by way of making conversation at the very least.
Expecting people not to compare Australia to other countries they've visited/lived in is ridiculous. Why exactly shouldn't they?? Cos you say so??! Whether it is fair or not is irrelevant, it is simple human nature. Where and how you live is at or near the top, of anyone's list of important things in life. I think it is pretty fair to assess this aspect of life and past experience of where you have lived previously seems to be reasonable enough as a subject for comparison. Nobody expects anywhere to be perfect, that's where pros and cons become helpful!! |
Re: Why Australia is Expensive?
Originally Posted by kporte
(Post 8261326)
People will always draw comparisons. Your new car against your old one, your new partner against your old one and so on.
Whether it is fair or not is irrelevant, it is simple human nature. Where and how you live is at or near the top, of anyone's list of important things in life. I think it is pretty fair to assess this aspect of life and past experience of where you have lived previously seems to be reasonable enough as a subject for comparison. Nobody expects anywhere to be perfect, that's where pros and cons become helpful!! On the contrary, comparisons are actually very fair because through making comparisons we place things in context and see where they fit in the scheme of things. How do we know a restaurant is good without ANY reference to other restaurants? We can see where that restaurant excelled and where it didn't and where it was simply average by recalling other restaurants. People compare Revolver with Sgt. Pepper. Is that wrong too because, hey, 'they were recorded at different times so we shouldn't be comparing them' or some such?? Maybe people are simply anxious that Australia might be compared unfavourably with somewhere else and their issue is with that rather than with the act of making comparisons. |
Re: Why Australia is Expensive?
Originally Posted by mono
(Post 8261336)
People seem to be suggesting comparisons are unfair....
. For some it doesn't stack up. For some reason, some people don't accept this. |
Re: Why Australia is Expensive?
Originally Posted by kporte
(Post 8261343)
I think that even if they were, people would do it. It's exactly why I am still here. I compared my life here, with my life previously. It isn't even a conscious thing, it just happens. If the comparisons I made didn't stack up, I would have left.
For some it doesn't stack up. For some reason, some people don't accept this. Some people find it distressing to observe that there are those who have trodden a similar path, made similar comparisons but reached a different result. Hence you get ''you're wrong because it rains too much, the EU is evil, Birmingham is horrible, it's crowded, there's too much CCTV, there's not enough beaches, it's too expensive, Target is better than NEXT, the people aren't friendly'' etc etc etc. |
Re: Why Australia is Expensive?
Originally Posted by kporte
(Post 8261307)
Any more negative comments on Aus and I'll make you sorry you bad person!
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