Cost of living - Australia
Feb 16th 2012, 7:50 pm
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Re: Cost of living - Australia
What a load of bollocks!
Doing a straight conversion with the current exchange rate I'm on a lower salary than when we left the UK 4.5 years ago yet we have a 3 bedroom house (Adelaide hills) 2 cars and a nicely comfortable lifestyle.
We had no chance of buying a house in London and it wasn't worth owning a car.
Yes lettuces may be more expensive (good reason not to eat rabbit food) but overall our personal experience (sorry, no random surveys) is that financially we're much better off in Adelaide than we were in London.
Cheers
LG
Doing a straight conversion with the current exchange rate I'm on a lower salary than when we left the UK 4.5 years ago yet we have a 3 bedroom house (Adelaide hills) 2 cars and a nicely comfortable lifestyle.
We had no chance of buying a house in London and it wasn't worth owning a car.
Yes lettuces may be more expensive (good reason not to eat rabbit food) but overall our personal experience (sorry, no random surveys) is that financially we're much better off in Adelaide than we were in London.
Cheers
LG
Thank you so very much....you have just answered our question
Oh and had to say....if its luttuce you want....much cheaper and tastier to grow your own
Feb 16th 2012, 7:54 pm
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Re: Cost of living - Australia
Food is definitely more expensive here no matter what exchange rate you use and utilities are continuing to go through the roof. Of course some people come here and earn more but that isn't what these surveys are about.
I should add that you only have to read these forums to realise that some come here and earn more (in real terms) and other earn less. Some find it cheap and have a lifestyle they couldn't have had in the UK and for others it is the opposite. You also have to remember that for many of the people who come here as skilled migrants they are earning much more than the average Aussie. The average man/woman in the street is struggling and we should remember that.
I should add that you only have to read these forums to realise that some come here and earn more (in real terms) and other earn less. Some find it cheap and have a lifestyle they couldn't have had in the UK and for others it is the opposite. You also have to remember that for many of the people who come here as skilled migrants they are earning much more than the average Aussie. The average man/woman in the street is struggling and we should remember that.
Last edited by chris955; Feb 16th 2012 at 8:02 pm.
Feb 16th 2012, 8:45 pm
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Re: Cost of living - Australia
Trouble is not everyone has the time or the transport to spend hours shopping around and getting little bits here and there.
Feb 16th 2012, 8:47 pm
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Hmmm not everyone can do that either! lack of space and no garden available can be limiting factors in lettuce production! I solve the problem by not eating the stuff!
Feb 16th 2012, 9:06 pm
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Re: Cost of living - Australia
What a load of bollocks!
Doing a straight conversion with the current exchange rate I'm on a lower salary than when we left the UK 4.5 years ago yet we have a 3 bedroom house (Adelaide hills) 2 cars and a nicely comfortable lifestyle.
We had no chance of buying a house in London and it wasn't worth owning a car.
Yes lettuces may be more expensive (good reason not to eat rabbit food) but overall our personal experience (sorry, no random surveys) is that financially we're much better off in Adelaide than we were in London.
Cheers
LG
Doing a straight conversion with the current exchange rate I'm on a lower salary than when we left the UK 4.5 years ago yet we have a 3 bedroom house (Adelaide hills) 2 cars and a nicely comfortable lifestyle.
We had no chance of buying a house in London and it wasn't worth owning a car.
Yes lettuces may be more expensive (good reason not to eat rabbit food) but overall our personal experience (sorry, no random surveys) is that financially we're much better off in Adelaide than we were in London.
Cheers
LG
Feb 16th 2012, 11:12 pm
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Re: Cost of living - Australia
Unfortunately comparing apples to oranges is very common on here and makes the comparisons meaningless. If I moved from inner city Birmingham to a village in Somerset i would be better off in every way imaginable.
Feb 16th 2012, 11:22 pm
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Re: Cost of living - Australia
I moved from london to sydney. Do the same job, earn more, save more, live in a nicer flat, have a better standard of living, pay more for lettuce.
Feb 17th 2012, 12:24 am
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Feb 17th 2012, 12:27 am
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Re: Cost of living - Australia
For me, overall COL is roughly the same with the UK slightly cheaper.
More expensive groceries here are offset by cheaper fuel and other stuff.
At $3/GBP or $1.45/GBP, I earn more than I did in the UK.
More expensive groceries here are offset by cheaper fuel and other stuff.
At $3/GBP or $1.45/GBP, I earn more than I did in the UK.
Feb 17th 2012, 2:17 pm
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Re: Cost of living - Australia
So did I then I moved back to London and earn even more live in a house save several thousand pounds per month have more holiday have a better standard of living and pay less for lettuce. I'm also willing to bet your flat in Sydney isn't as good as mine was.
Feb 17th 2012, 4:57 pm
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Suggestion ... take your head out of your arse.
Feb 17th 2012, 6:04 pm
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I think hes around the age of 10
Feb 18th 2012, 7:19 am
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