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Forum: Australia
Oct 16th 2012, 1:49 am
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

The nominal prices in retail are lower in the US, but this does not make it less expensive in my opinion.
Forum: Australia
Oct 15th 2012, 9:16 pm
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but is it not the case that one can buy only Australian bananas in Australia? If this is the case then their price it a reflection of classic market manipulation,...
Forum: Australia
Oct 15th 2012, 6:49 am
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

Whereas I have but two. Ketchup and HP.
Forum: Australia
Oct 15th 2012, 3:23 am
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

I'm grateful for this too. Back when "I were a lad" we had to go to newspaper libraries to do our research and use microfiche, etc. I expect most people today think that's a baby trout.
Forum: Australia
Oct 13th 2012, 12:06 pm
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

Oh no not a Getz! Were you a pirate in a past life?
Forum: Australia
Oct 13th 2012, 4:27 am
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

:rofl:
Forum: Australia
Oct 13th 2012, 1:03 am
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

Running out of cash? They're not running out of cash. They're printing £400 million a day.
Forum: Australia
Oct 11th 2012, 6:46 am
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

I demonstrated it recently on here that it a bundle of 30 items from the supermarket cost the average British wage earner twice as much as it cost his Australian counterpart. I knew Britain was...
Forum: Australia
Oct 10th 2012, 12:00 am
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

I agree with your point about the "federalised" city but of course I do not accept one can aggregate UK cities. They are distinct places with local economies, particularly in housing, and are...
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2012, 11:57 pm
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

"Eurostat, the European Union's statistical agency, has created the concept of Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) in an effort to harmonise definitions of urbanisation in the European Union and in countries...
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2012, 9:16 pm
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

Let's just stop there and look at that. If Nottingham were the same size of Adelaide then its "hinterlands" would incorporate Mansfield, Derby and Loughborough. If Bristol were the same size as...
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2012, 7:25 am
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

Well I'll say now I haven't been on a UK train for many, many years, so my views might be out of date.
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2012, 7:25 am
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

Yeah it's a p***-take. Totally out of control. Why the last government never did anything about it is incredible.
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2012, 7:19 am
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

All the usual - cancellation, delays, engineering work. Who can remember it was years ago. And despite (or because of) this service train companies continue to make chunky dividends for shareholders....
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2012, 6:39 am
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

Wasn't Sidcup where that Harry Potter actor got murdered? If it is, then I know one thing about Sidcup.
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2012, 4:07 am
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

I have heard only bad things about Brisbane and SE Qld, including the transport, so this doesn't surprise me. Here they are changing the trains to electric as well, so quieter and lower pollution, at...
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2012, 4:06 am
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

According to Wiki (I just checked because I know nothing about Notts) Nottingham has a population of 305,700 (city and unitary) so nowhere near Adelaide's 1.2 million.
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2012, 11:41 pm
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

We're not talking about Berlin - we're talking about the south of England, and the fact you're drafting in European cities and the distance between Australian cities tells me you know you're on a...
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2012, 10:22 pm
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

I bet you don't, because a simple search on UK and Australian train ticket prices destroys your argument.



I bet you don't, because a simple search on UK and Australian train ticket prices...
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2012, 9:59 pm
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

Are you high on drugs? Are you not following our conversation? I ask because now you are making my argument for me, which is to say that Adelaide does not require an intercity train network because...
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2012, 9:37 pm
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

100%. It took them half a day to get me from Devon to Wiltshire once and then it sailed through my station without stopping. It was bungled so badly I started to wonder if I were in a Truman Show...
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2012, 9:35 pm
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

You're clutching at straws. The point is clear - Adelaide has no equivalent in the south of England, and to make one one has to join various English cities and towns together. When this is done, the...
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2012, 1:05 am
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

The place I'm talking about is in the Marina district. It was worth $$$$ but now it's only worth $$;)
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2012, 12:22 am
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

I agree with most of that but I know someone whose house halved in value in a very plush part of San Francisco between roughly 2004 and now.
Forum: Australia
Oct 7th 2012, 9:30 pm
Replies: 738
Views: 57,007
Posted By Zen10

Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK

Not sure of the points you're trying to make, but to address them as they come to mind -

1. Adelaide's provincial nature is its appeal, and not something that detracts from it. If I wanted to...
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