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I thought it would be interesting to compare costs of living around the world, I'll start

Ireland
Currency Euro
Minimum wage €7.65

Pint (568 ml) of beer - €4
Cinema ticket -  €9
Rent for a two bedroom apartment per month - €800
Visit to the doctor - €50
Cappuccino - €2.50

If you have other ones I am happy to edit this post to add them

Romania
currency - Leu

0.5l of ber - 3-7 lei (0.8-1.75 eur)
cinema ticket - 15-25 lei (4-6 eur)
rent for a two bedroom apartment per month (depending on size of the city etc)
                   2-300 eur
cappuccino - 2-5 lei (0.5 - 1.2 eur)

Houston, Texas USA
Currency US dollars

Minimum wage - $7.65

Beer - $4
Cinema ticket - $10
Rent on 2 bedroom apt - $800-$1200
Visit ti dr - $25 (with insurance)
Cappuccino - $5

Gas per gallon - $2.80

Philippines (Southern)
Currency PHP (converted to USD)

Minimum wage 0.85$ (college graduates, industry) 0.55$ (agriculture, fastfood)
Pint (500 ml) of beer 0.75$
Cinema ticket -  1.5$ (not advisable due to loud SMS ringtones all the time)
Rent for a two bedroom apartment in guarded compound per month - 200$ (60 sq m)
Visa fee (+ bribes) 45$ per month
Visit to the doctor ?
Cappuccino 3.5$ (Starbucks) 1.5$ (elsewhere)
Pack of 20 long filter cigs 0.43$
Booze (35%) 750cc 1.5$
Public transport ride 0.15$ - taxi ride (5km) 1.5$
Fuel 1.30$/l

No I'm not.   I could tell much more to the point you wouldn't believe me, but I learned one lesson well: Vivons cachés, vivons heureux.

http://www.travelspender.nl/#/android/demo
In Dutch, sorry, but it works great 
Gives you prices for a lot of countries.
(Biertje = Beer)

^We pay about $300 per month for insurance through my hubby's job.

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I pay about $500 a month for health care through taxes (7-10% are tied directly to health care). Hubby earns less, so he pays less. Any and all health care for the kids is free.

When you see what we pay on Long Island, NY you'll think we're absolutely crazy for living here.  Of course the salaries in many case are higher too, but it's really starting to spiral out of control and we have no intention of retiring here.  In the US the cost of many basic expenses can vary wildly so it's possible to find retirement living at a better cost.  Many of the smaller expenses listing are things I don't spend on so I couldn't really say what a movie costs, or a pint of beer costs, but here are a few costs to make your head spin.

Rental apt - 1 bedroom, 1 bath, approx. $1200 a month
Small, older starter home (was probably a summer cottage 40 years ago) about $350,000 and probably NOT updated with newer appliances and bathroom fixtures. 
Property taxes about $8000 - $12,000 a year to cover schools, police, fire department, road and street lighting, trash services, etc.
Electric - $120 a month (if you're frugal - can reach $400 a month in the summer if you have central air conditioning)
Cable and Internet - about $120 a month for broadcast and basic - if you want the movie channels and other bells and whistles add more, and they are moving to all digital - if we want to add that to all the TV's in the house (required if we want any reception at all on those units) it will be another $8.00 per unit per month

Gas is about $3.50 a gallon right now
Fuel Oil for heating - about the same
Our health insurance runs about $6800 a year plus co-pay expenses and dental is not included but I have to say it is really good coverage.
Of course we're just a few miles from the ocean, and an hour away from New York City so there are other advantages.  If our jobs didn't keep us tied here and retirement wasn't that far off we'd be heading for other areas.

Portugal (Lisbon, capital)
Currency Euro
Minimum wage €465 (month)

Pint (33 ml) of beer - €1
Cinema ticket -  €5.5
Rent for a two bedroom apartment per month - €500
Visit to the doctor ? from 5 (public fee) to 100 (private).. around 150 for insurance
Cappuccino ? around 1

Australia
The Australian dollar has gone throught the roof at the moment sitting at around $1UD for 1AUD. Not that long ago it was about 0.6USD for 1 AUD. So for visitors stuff is 40% more expensive. Imports have got a bit cheaper


Currency Australian Dollar
Minimum wage $15

Schooner (425 ml) of beer - at the pub $4.50 ish wide variation depending on where.
Cinema ticket -  $15
Rent for a two bedroom apartment per month - $1200 (Capital cities would be much higher than this.)
Visit to the doctor - can be free if you want to go and line up for a long time, about $25 out of pocket to go to my doctor.
Cappuccino - $3.50
1 LT petrol = $1.20-1.40

Sounds good I'm thinking about moving there.

jbarber873 you are right, maybe here are the cheapest products in Romania but we also have very small earnings, if you understand.
There are a lot of romanians forced to live with the minimum salary, that would be 600 lei, around 200$ per month. The medium salary is around 1200-1500 lei, or 4-500$ monthly. That's not much money!