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Denmark

Cigarettes € 4 - 5
Draught beer € 4 - 7
Hammocks € 26 - 135

And that's all there is...

but * it's a beautiful place!

Huh? I don't know where you live but in the south of England (and I don't mean London or even commuting distance to it) the prices are mostly far higher.

3-bed house rental is more like £1000 ($1500). Anywhere near London that can go exponential.
Decent pint (not in a cheapo Wetherspoons full of chav's) is at least £3 ($4.50)
Frothy coffee at a high-street chain (i.e. not McDonald's) £2.80 ($4.20)

Paris, France (more expensive than elsewhere in the country)
Currency Euro
Minimum hourly wage : 9 € (gross) / 7.06 € (net)

Pint of beer : 6 €
Cinema ticket :  10 €
Expresso : 1.5 €
French baguette (250g) : 0.90 €
Cigarettes (20 pk) : 6 €
Rent for a two room apartment : 1000 € / month
Visit to the doctor : 23 € (reimbursed by SS + insurance - but 16% to 23% tax on salaries for health care and retirement + cost of private insurance)

Note that during the last 10 years, since we switched to euros, prices have "officially" raised 18% in France, while independant studies demonstrate that prices inflation was more like 38% in average. In 2000, a french baguette cost around 3.20 FF (0.48 €) and now costs 0.90 € (+87%), one liter of milk cost 1.30 FF (0.20 €) and now costs 0.59 € (+195%), the same 2 room apartment cost 800€/month, now 1020€/month (+27%).

I'm hoping Tyler will post

Ontario, Canada (since prices here depend heavily on which province or territory you find yourself in)

Minimum wage= $11 per hour

Pint of (good) beer: $7
Rent of 3 bedroom house: $2,000 per month
Doctors hospitals etc: free, universal healthcare. Doesn't include dentistry or elective procedures
(good) Coffee: $3 (I don't like the most popular Canadian coffee Tim Horton's, which is $1.25 per cup)
Cinema ticket: $13
Sandwich for lunch: $5
Typical Urban Home: $500K
Typical suburban home: $350K
Groceries however are inexpensive relative to many areas of the world. As is air travel. Being next to the largest Canadian airport means cheap flights almost anywhere.

There are things too hard to compare, housing is one, even in the same neighbourhood prices may vary a lot just by being in a busy (noisy) street or a quiet one, and old vs a new building.

I think some relevant comparisons for us are equal things, like the already presented prices for gas, beer and coffee (even if these latter are irrelevant to me, as i don't drink either).

Now, here are some other prices that are perhaps easier to compare:
Canon 5D Mark II body: R$8300=US$5000=€3740
Canon T2i with 18-55mm lens:  R$2980=US$1795=€1340
(prices above are in a legal store; we can buy that cheaper in the black market)
5Mbits cable internet connection: R$100/mo=US$60=€45
cost of call in a prepaid cell phone: R$1.25=US$0.75=€0.56 (there are special rates for using the same company, or frequent numbers, etc, but this is the basics for a general number)
single bus ride: R$2.40=US$1.45=€1.08  (no day, week or month cards with discounts)
1 dozen regular eggs: R$3.80=US$2.29=€1.71  
eletric power: R$0.32/kWh=US$0.19=€0.14

manhattan, new york city

cigs $10-11
1 br varies wildy but probably averages out to around $2500 a month (also very hard to find a place without a broker which will cost you 1.5 months rent)
Beer $7-8

Yellowknife (Canada)
Currency $CA. (=$US these days)
Minimum wage 9.00$

Pint of Guinness - $11
Cinema ticket -  $12
Rent for a two bedroom apartment per month - $1500 (+/-)
Visit to the doctor - $0
Cappuccino - $5
High-speed internet /w 80gb of bandwidth - $125/month

And I'll add regular gas:  1.25$/liter

I'm in the same boat (ha, ha - forgive the pun ).  Been to Freeport once on a cruise when I lived in Miami. 

I imagine if I was a diver I would want to travel more to get access to beautiful coral reefs.  But since I am not a diver, the beaches in Florida keep me satisfied enough that I don't feel much need to travel to the Islands. 

I have been to Nassau and Freeport. Now heading to Emerald Bay in The Exumas in april. Eleuthera and Abacos may be next in my agenda.

From reading all of these I wish I drank beer and was in some of these places.

Just an interesting number to throw out. USA Federal poverty level is $903 a month income. Or $10,836 a year. These are the latest figures I could find for 2010-2011 federal program guidelines.

Someone was commenting that they would like to make $10,000 a year on Microstock. I would too as additional income. Say for instance a stay at home partner who was bringing in the additional $10,000 and the other person working full time. That would be a nice bonus. No it's not enough to support a home and family, but a nice package of discretionary income to spend for making life a bit more comfortable.

True that most places, the income matches the cost of living. You live in Chicago and the average pay might be $60,000 a year, you move to some small town out in the country and it might be $5,000, but an apartment in small town costs $350 a month and in Chicago maybe $900 a month. Where things can get out of line and benefit someone working micro, would be living where there's a lower cost of living and selling on the Internet. Nice deal if you can make it work.