standard of living usa
Jun 5th 2005, 5:01 pm
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Re: standard of living usa
Originally Posted by Ray
But you have to see the bigger picture ...the states with lower property taxes have state income tax ...I bet lynnes does..... They just get it from you a different way.. her standing charge on her telephone is far too high ..she has been slapped with all the fancy extra .... You could pay the same in Florida if you want all the junk ...I pay less than $20 a month including calls... but I don't have 50 way calling or any extras ..
Jun 5th 2005, 5:03 pm
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Re: standard of living usa
Originally Posted by immunise
I have to disagree a little here, California has ridiculous property taxes AND high state income tax. Every which way you turn here they f**k you over with taxes. Also the house prices are crazy, we looked at a 3 bed (1555 sq feet) a few weeks ago and it was $725,000!! So in relation to our wages, which are easily 3 times what they were in the UK I would say our standard of living is poorer - that's taking into account finances and other factors such as good quality food, choice of food (supermarket) and holidays.
Jun 5th 2005, 7:34 pm
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Re: standard of living usa
Originally Posted by Ray
Thats what they tell you ..its a lie... there is always another hidden rate which for us is $7 something a month but you only get 30 free local calls a month here in Florida its call the "measured rate"
Checked with Verizon ..you can't get that in MAINE ...but there is a $17/18 dollar rate without the frills
Checked with Verizon ..you can't get that in MAINE ...but there is a $17/18 dollar rate without the frills
Jun 5th 2005, 7:43 pm
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Re: standard of living usa
Originally Posted by Bob
That's what we have, well it's $20, but with all the tax it comes to $28, a then a couple bucks of phone use...they might have changed things since we signed up, but this was the cheapest on offer without a 12 month contract we could get...doesn't help when they own the lines and don't lease them to other companies in town.
Jun 5th 2005, 8:39 pm
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Re: standard of living usa
Originally Posted by Ray
Robbing bastard... go to the URL I gave you ..change the state to florida ... see our cheapest.... $6/$7 something.
yup, our cheapest is $17-18...hmmm....
Jun 6th 2005, 1:10 am
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Re: standard of living usa
Originally Posted by Bob
you suck
yup, our cheapest is $17-18...hmmm....
yup, our cheapest is $17-18...hmmm....
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Jun 6th 2005, 2:31 am
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Re: standard of living usa
Originally Posted by Celsius
What a charming fella you are Bob!
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Celsius, you've only got to post 21,755 more posts like that and you'll actually catch Bob up... if he doesn't post any more in the meantime!
Jun 6th 2005, 3:09 am
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Re: standard of living usa
Originally Posted by Celsius
What a charming fella you are Bob!
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Jun 6th 2005, 6:36 am
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Re: standard of living usa
Originally Posted by immunise
I have to disagree a little here, California has ridiculous property taxes AND high state income tax. Every which way you turn here they f**k you over with taxes. Also the house prices are crazy, we looked at a 3 bed (1555 sq feet) a few weeks ago and it was $725,000!! So in relation to our wages, which are easily 3 times what they were in the UK I would say our standard of living is poorer - that's taking into account finances and other factors such as good quality food, choice of food (supermarket) and holidays.
Jun 6th 2005, 2:31 pm
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Re: standard of living usa
Originally Posted by snowbunny
Sausalito is one of the most posh areas in the US..... try Bakersfield and I bet your dollar will go a lot farther.
I wonder what happened to HER - did she go for Fresno or Bakersfield in the end?
Jun 6th 2005, 4:32 pm
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Re: standard of living usa
Originally Posted by snowbunny
Sausalito is one of the most posh areas in the US..... try Bakersfield and I bet your dollar will go a lot farther.
Ahh Bakersfield, I'll live there...just after I finish having my balls jammed between two old bricks!
Sausalito is undoubtedly expensive but so is th whole Bay area. I'm not saying it's not a nice area, in fact it is stunning....just way too expensive!
Jun 6th 2005, 4:45 pm
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Re: standard of living usa
Standard of Living and Quality of Life are both relative. While working a 9 to 5 job in a beige cubicle may not be everybody's idea of heaven, it sure beats being thrown up against a classroom wall by some heroin addled parent in Bradford. The fact that I get to leave work at 5pm, instead of 10pm as a teacher, means that I also get to have some kind of social life. Living in a warm climate watching hummingbirds flitting about the Bougainvillea beats just about any of the places I've had the dubious pleasure of living in in the UK. I can't afford a house here, but then I couldn't afford a house in the UK either. The important difference is that here I feel an optimistic sense that I can succeed, which was never the case in England. The fact that I can't get a decent pork sausage and nobody's heard of Bogpuss is, at this stage, a worthwhile sacrifice.
Jun 6th 2005, 4:59 pm
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Re: standard of living usa
nobody's heard of Bogpuss is, at this stage, a worthwhile sacrifice.
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Jun 6th 2005, 5:04 pm
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Re: standard of living usa
Originally Posted by THFC1
nobody's heard of Bogpuss is, at this stage, a worthwhile sacrifice.
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Jun 6th 2005, 6:39 pm
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Re: standard of living usa
Originally Posted by immunise
Ahh Bakersfield, I'll live there...just after I finish having my balls jammed between two old bricks!
Sausalito is undoubtedly expensive but so is th whole Bay area. I'm not saying it's not a nice area, in fact it is stunning....just way too expensive!
Sausalito is undoubtedly expensive but so is th whole Bay area. I'm not saying it's not a nice area, in fact it is stunning....just way too expensive!
