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« Reply #25 on: January 03, 2011, 06:40 »
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Here in England we pay:

Minimum wage= £5.63

Pint of beer: £2.30
Rent of 3 bedroom house: £400 per month (Varies by area)
Doctors hospitals etc: free
Coffee: £1.50
Cinema ticket: £8
Sandwich for lunch: £2.50


« Reply #26 on: January 03, 2011, 07:01 »
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Denmark

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

And that's all there is...

« Reply #27 on: January 03, 2011, 07:05 »
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I will add some details about Malaysia.

No minimum wage (yet)

3 bedroom 2 bathrooms 1200sq flat in a condo (swimming pool, tennis, etc...) $800
Movie ticket $3
Bottle of beer in a bar starts at $5 (expensive because of taxes, muslim country)
1 gallon petrol: $2.4

Price of meal can start as low as $2

beside beer, foreign cars are very expensive
Price of a VW sport serie about 60,000 euros which is a price of  the same 1200sq condo!

@leremy To live with  $500 a month in Kuala Lumpur you will have to be single (means no girlfriend ;D) and live share a flat ;)

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« Last Edit: January 03, 2011, 07:18 by MicrostockExp »

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« Reply #28 on: January 03, 2011, 08:07 »
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Here in St John, USVI the prices can be borderline rediculous.
but * it's a beautiful place!

« Reply #29 on: January 03, 2011, 09:29 »
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Here in St John, USVI the prices can be borderline rediculous.
but  it's a beautiful place!

Beauty has its price, we love it!! but it's not for everyone. There are much more reasonable Islands to live on over here, problem is they are dirty, crowded, and not very safe. All the desirable Islands in the Virgin Islands are pricey. Living in fear is not my idea of fun.

I would think that Islands in general would have the highest cost of living for the simple fact that it's hard to get stuff. A head of lettuce for example might start in Florida, then off to Puerto Rico, then to St Thomas, then to St John by Ferry. Sometimes you end up with something that used to look like a head of Lettuce ;D

The average wage over here is about the same as Florida, most people work several jobs just trying to survive, and usually have to leave when the money runs out.

« Reply #30 on: January 03, 2011, 09:37 »
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Here in England we pay:

Minimum wage= £5.63

Pint of beer: £2.30
Rent of 3 bedroom house: £400 per month (Varies by area)
Doctors hospitals etc: free
Coffee: £1.50
Cinema ticket: £8
Sandwich for lunch: £2.50
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)

« Reply #31 on: January 03, 2011, 09:52 »
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Beauty has its price, we love it!! but it's not for everyone.

So does 'remoteness' and that doesn't have to mean a long way by world standards.

When I visit the very north of Scotland for example even a jar of instant coffee from a UK-wide supermarket can cost 30% more than in the south. Petrol can be 20% more too. When you get out to the Hebrides the costs escalate yet higher. The further you go the lower the choice available, the longer it takes to get there and the higher the cost. Houses are relatively cheap of course but any savings are rapidly absorbed by the additional cost of everything else. It never fails to amaze me that people choose to live in such places. Oh, and the weather is mostly lousy too and in the summer, when you might get a decent day, then you get bitten to death by the midges. Nice scenery though!

« Reply #32 on: January 03, 2011, 10:46 »
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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%).

« Reply #33 on: January 03, 2011, 10:47 »
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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.


I am in the North. It is much cheaper to live here, but there is not much work about to pay for it!

My son has just rented a house, he moved in before Christmas and he is paying £425 per month. About average round here. The price for buying a house is much less too.
I am judging the price of a pint from a poster outside a local pub, I don't actually drink them myself. It is a real ale pub, so I expect it is a good pint.
The coffee I buy in a small privately owned cafe near where I work. They do a great lunch!

michealo

« Reply #34 on: January 03, 2011, 12:09 »
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No matter what I think we are going to find Norway the most costly, I heard somewhere that Oslo, Tokyo, London and Stockholm, tops the list of costs.

I'm hoping Tyler will post

lisafx

« Reply #35 on: January 03, 2011, 12:32 »
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Beauty has its price, we love it!! but it's not for everyone. There are much more reasonable Islands to live on over here, problem is they are dirty, crowded, and not very safe. All the desirable Islands in the Virgin Islands are pricey. Living in fear is not my idea of fun.


Indeed!  I hadn't realized you live in St. John.  We lived in St. Thomas when I was a kid.  I remember St. John as being absolutely beautiful.

I don't know what St. Thomas is like now - haven't been there in decades, but in the 70s it was the Wild West.  We ended up moving back to the States because there were so many random murders there, including several people we knew.  Kelsey Grammer's dad was murdered in St. Thomas too, around the time we lived there. 

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« Reply #36 on: January 03, 2011, 12:44 »
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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.

« Reply #37 on: January 03, 2011, 15:05 »
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Hi Lisa,
Wow! I didn't know you had lived in St Thomas! it's still the "wild west", must have been interesting in the 70's. I have heard they used to cut power on entire Islands back then so they could drop drugs by plane...lol.
 No surprise you remember leaving St Thomas because of the murder rate. I believe they are first, or second in the USA murder/per capita, Puerto Rico probably being #1. It's very sad because St Thomas could be a beautiful Island to live on. Most of the crime goes unreported due to corruption and fear of" scaring the tourists away". They don't even prosecute criminals most of the time, they all have family ties with the Gov.  We go to St Thomas a couple times a month on the car ferry to shop. I'm always a little nervous when over there.

St John is still beautiful due to the high cost of living and national park which makes up around 70% of the Island.

« Reply #38 on: January 03, 2011, 16:40 »
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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
« Last Edit: January 03, 2011, 16:42 by madelaide »

« Reply #39 on: January 04, 2011, 07:50 »
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Jakarta, Indonesia
Currency US Dollar
Minimum Monthly Wage : $122

Pint of beer : $4
Cinema ticket :  $2-20
Expresso : $3
Cigarettes (1 pack) : $1
Rent for a two room apartment : $300-1000
Visit to the doctor : $10

« Reply #40 on: January 05, 2011, 00:09 »
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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

« Reply #41 on: January 05, 2011, 14:31 »
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Beauty has its price, we love it!! but it's not for everyone. There are much more reasonable Islands to live on over here, problem is they are dirty, crowded, and not very safe. All the desirable Islands in the Virgin Islands are pricey. Living in fear is not my idea of fun.


Indeed!  I hadn't realized you live in St. John.  We lived in St. Thomas when I was a kid.  I remember St. John as being absolutely beautiful.

I don't know what St. Thomas is like now - haven't been there in decades, but in the 70s it was the Wild West.  We ended up moving back to the States because there were so many random murders there, including several people we knew.  Kelsey Grammer's dad was murdered in St. Thomas too, around the time we lived there. 


Have you visited the Bahamas since you live so close to the islands?

« Reply #42 on: January 05, 2011, 15:01 »
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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

« Reply #43 on: January 06, 2011, 17:15 »
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Beauty has its price, we love it!! but it's not for everyone. There are much more reasonable Islands to live on over here, problem is they are dirty, crowded, and not very safe. All the desirable Islands in the Virgin Islands are pricey. Living in fear is not my idea of fun.


Indeed!  I hadn't realized you live in St. John.  We lived in St. Thomas when I was a kid.  I remember St. John as being absolutely beautiful.

I don't know what St. Thomas is like now - haven't been there in decades, but in the 70s it was the Wild West.  We ended up moving back to the States because there were so many random murders there, including several people we knew.  Kelsey Grammer's dad was murdered in St. Thomas too, around the time we lived there. 

Have you visited the Bahamas since you live so close to the islands?

We are 800 miles from the Bahamas, so I'm guessing that question is for Lisa since she is much closer? I've visited the Bahamas, but only by cruise ship, with the usual "Nassau", and a couple other random cruise ship owned islands. "The Exumas" would be a nice place to visit, but you really need to be on a boat to get there. Eleuthera is another Bahamian Island I would like to see one day. No idea about the cost of living there :).

lisafx

« Reply #44 on: January 06, 2011, 17:25 »
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I'm in the same boat (ha, ha - forgive the pun ;D).  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. 

« Reply #45 on: January 06, 2011, 20:52 »
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Croatia, Zagreb capital

Cigarets btw 2-3$
Cinema ??? who goes to cinema
Beer 0.5L btw 1-2 $
Apartment 40m2 350-400$
Doctor??? Free4all
1L diesel 1,2 - 1,3 $
Kebab with all filements near 4$
McDonalds small shits about 2-3$ bljak
Workers menu 7-10$
Public transport 1.5$ for few hours
Taxi 10$ for 10km
Bread 1-2$
Milk 1$
Coffe 1$
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« Reply #46 on: January 07, 2011, 08:44 »
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We are 800 miles from the Bahamas, so I'm guessing that question is for Lisa since she is much closer? I've visited the Bahamas, but only by cruise ship, with the usual "Nassau", and a couple other random cruise ship owned islands. "The Exumas" would be a nice place to visit, but you really need to be on a boat to get there. Eleuthera is another Bahamian Island I would like to see one day. No idea about the cost of living there :).

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.

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« Reply #47 on: January 07, 2011, 09:01 »
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Madrid - Spain
Currency Euro

Min wage - 640€

Pint of beer - 3€
Cinema ticket - 7€
Expresso - 1.30€
Cigarettes - 3.5€
Rent 2 room apartment - 600/800 €
Doctor - Free for all, but if you want you take a private insurance 60/70€ monthly and 3€ specialist visit

RacePhoto

« Reply #48 on: January 12, 2011, 02:34 »
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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.


 

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