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Feb 4th 2013, 3:58 am

#31

Zen10

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Re: Generation Jobless

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Originally Posted by cjones

.Belarus is looking promising.

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/country-list/unemployment-rate

And the radiation problem from Chernobyl is nothing compared with affordable housing...

Feb 4th 2013, 4:13 am

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MarkG

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Re: Generation Jobless

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Originally Posted by Shard

These days Canada and UK house prices are not that far apart (Canada has risen, UK has fallen).

Yeah, when I moved here Saskatoon still looked cheap, but thanks to the collapsing pound it now looks expensive. Our house would be about 45% more in pounds than we paid for it.

Feb 4th 2013, 6:14 am

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Re: Generation Jobless

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And the radiation problem from Chernobyl is nothing compared with affordable housing...

Exactly. It may even save you a few quid on your heating bills...

Feb 4th 2013, 10:31 am

#34

Zen10

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Re: Generation Jobless

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Originally Posted by cjones

Exactly. It may even save you a few quid on your heating bills...

And electricity bills as well because you can use your own glow to visit the toilet in the night. It's a win-win.

Feb 4th 2013, 8:21 pm

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Re: Generation Jobless

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Originally Posted by dbd33

They're outside the M25. Of course they're cheap.

dbd33

That is why I moved away from working from Berkshire to SE Kent. I paid £180K for our house in Kent, where you would pay £600K+ close to the M25 for a similar house.

I also earn £18K more than when I worked in Berkshire, you do not get more salary in expensive housing areas.

hudd

Feb 4th 2013, 8:39 pm

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Re: Generation Jobless

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dbd33

That is why I moved away from working from Berkshire to SE Kent. I paid £180K for our house in Kent, where you would pay £600K+ close to the M25 for a similar house.

I also earn £18K more than when I worked in Berkshire, you do not get more salary in expensive housing areas.

hudd

+100. Sydney is now the third most expensive city in the world, and prices there are way, way higher than in Adelaide, but Adelaide wages are not that much lower.

Feb 4th 2013, 8:49 pm

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Re: Generation Jobless

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Originally Posted by MarkG

Yeah, when I moved here Saskatoon still looked cheap, but thanks to the collapsing pound it now looks expensive. Our house would be about 45% more in pounds than we paid for it.

Similar story in MB.

Prices have gone through the roof since I landed around 6 years ago.

Still would be better off here than I would be back home though not by much anymore.