The Price of Living

[Kim]

Well Diesel jeans are more expensive than your regular name brand, but it shouldn't cost you $210, neither should the Levis. Must be some kind of insane shipping tax to get it to Sweden =].

Btw, the only "name" brand of water you should trust is Mother Nature's ®
And its free, jeez.

Here are some costs in Vancouver, B.C. Canada

Price per litre of gas = $1.26
Price of belmont cigarettes (I don't smoke, but I used to sell them where I worked) = $8.99
Price of transit: 1-zone = $2.50 2-zone = $3.75 3-zones = $5.00
Price of movie at Cineplex = $12.50
Price of decent all you can eat sushi for dinner = $20-$28
Price of university tuition (annual) = ~$5000+
Price of downtown event parking = $15-$20
Price of parking in downtown streets on meters = $2 per 30 mins
Vancouver Canucks Tickets = $50 / $61 / $72 / $84 / $105
Single tax return = $20-$30
Cover charge at typical club = $10-$20
Coat check = $2-$5
A drink = $5-$9
Venti coffee at starbucks = $2.50
Dress shirt at banana republic = $59.99
Hoodie from aeropostale = $45
Spicy Tuna roll = $2.75
Pho = $5.95 - $7
Pizza = $0.99 - $3
Parking ticket = $30
Yonex 350 plastic birds = $15
Badminton court rental = $15-$18 per hour per court
Bubble Milk Tea = $2.50 - $3.50
Calpico with pearls = $3.50 - $5
BBQ Pork Bun = $0.80

[Galleleo]

Uhm.. I NEVER said anything about spending money at McDonalds.. so please stop saying that. I think it was MIGHT/NOAH who said that, not me.

[PhaTz]

Country: Canada,
Province/State:Ontario

City of Mississauga, just on the outskirts of Toronto. We're the biggest suburb that surrounds Toronto. Majority of people live here and commute to Toronto.

Population Size: 700,000

Bus Fare - $2.50 - 2.75
Go Train/Go Buses (fast way of traveling to Toronto) - $6.45
A six pack of cheap beer (lucky, lakeport) - $6-7
A six pack of Molson/Moose/Decent Beer - $12
Movie Theaters - $9-10
Mcdonalds double cheeseburger - $1.39
Average Bic Mac / McChicken Combo - $7
An 8th of decent weed (3.5 grams) - $40 ?????????????????
An ounce of shit weed (28 grams) - $120
An ounce of good weed (28 grams) -$150-220
Tuition for College - $2500 - 5000
Tuition for University - Anywhere from $5000 - 10,000 per year
Tuition for Graduate School - $7,000 - 15,000

$40 for less than 4 dimes!! What kind of business are you running? You fuck'd up on your math, son. An eighth will cost you around $25-30, depending on how well you know the dealer. Sometimes I drop down a $20 and say bye.

Where I'm from, they got that thing I call Authentic Chinese Bootleg, can't get it anywhere else!! I mean, where else can you get McFried Rice at Mickey D's?!

[Jeansi]

Rent here is insane.
Avg bachelor suite going for $600
Avg 1 bedroom $720
Avg 2 bedroom $900

How large are those? I'm having a hard time comparing to Finnish prices because I have a feeling that the apartments might be much larger over there.

My place: Helsinki, Finland. 10 minute tram/bus ride from city center (25 minutes walking). 40m^2, 700 euros. Bad condition. (420 sqr feet, $1100). Semi-cheap price for that area.

Prices fall quick though, when you move outwards from Helsinki city center.

[Squeezer]

$40 for less than 4 dimes!! What kind of business are you running? You fuck'd up on your math, son. An eighth will cost you around $25-30, depending on how well you know the dealer. Sometimes I drop down a $20 and say bye.

Where I'm from, they got that thing I call Authentic Chinese Bootleg, can't get it anywhere else!! I mean, where else can you get McFried Rice at Mickey D's?!

That's the pricing we get here (greater Seattle area) as well.

Twenty for a 40 sac? Where the fuck do you live man and do you have an airport?

edit: I meant Cops' pricing.

[Cops]

Come to the States and go on a buying spree!

With the U.S. Dollar at all time lows against the Euro, why are you guys not getting airline tik's and traveling here for summer vacation?

Target sells Wrangler, Levi's, Lee's and many other's. I have not seen them priced over $30 a pair. What would that be with the low U.S. $ conversion?

Cigarettes....take a trip to VA and buy cartons...they are always fresher and taste better.

Rolling Cig's...I see it a lot here in my area (Philadelphia), usually at concerts or in area's that have a good night life such as our area called South Street. It is associated with rolling a joint, as most people that you would see rolling a cig are also most likely pot smokers too...personally I prefer a bong.

With all the bitching about how we Americans are crying about the cost of things, it just amazes me that the EU community does not have more people coming to the States to take advantage of such low consumer goods prices.

I use to go to Toronto all the time when I went to college in Cleveland...back then the $ was much stronger than the Canadian $ and it made sense to buy cases of beer as well as clothing...especially anything leather. Those days are gone though, but we did try and take advantage of it!

Even the Canadians are taking advantage of the U.S Dollar being at an all time low. It makes sense to order stuff over the net or just come over and pack your suitcase full of stuff.

[Jerome Scuggs]

you canadians put ben bernanke in office in order to one day be able to buy everything for really cheap prices

i blame you for this

[Cops]

step one, build up assets

step two, wait for American housing market to crash

step three, buy herica

[Pummel]

Well Diesel jeans are more expensive than your regular name brand, but it shouldn't cost you $210, neither should the Levis. Must be some kind of insane shipping tax to get it to Sweden =].

Btw, the only "name" brand of water you should trust is Mother Nature's ®
And its free, jeez.

Here are some costs in Vancouver, B.C. Canada

Price per litre of gas = $1.26
Price of belmont cigarettes (I don't smoke, but I used to sell them where I worked) = $8.99
Price of transit: 1-zone = $2.50 2-zone = $3.75 3-zones = $5.00
Price of movie at Cineplex = $12.50
Price of decent all you can eat sushi for dinner = $20-$28
Price of university tuition (annual) = ~$5000+
Price of downtown event parking = $15-$20
Price of parking in downtown streets on meters = $2 per 30 mins
Vancouver Canucks Tickets = $50 / $61 / $72 / $84 / $105
Single tax return = $20-$30
Cover charge at typical club = $10-$20
Coat check = $2-$5
A drink = $5-$9
Venti coffee at starbucks = $2.50
Dress shirt at banana republic = $59.99
Hoodie from aeropostale = $45
Spicy Tuna roll = $2.75
Pho = $5.95 - $7
Pizza = $0.99 - $3
Parking ticket = $30
Yonex 350 plastic birds = $15
Badminton court rental = $15-$18 per hour per court
Bubble Milk Tea = $2.50 - $3.50
Calpico with pearls = $3.50 - $5
BBQ Pork Bun = $0.80

This applies for me too, as I'm on the outskirts. Gas is $1.19/litre though..and it was $1.10 the other day..shot right up.

If only canucks were capable of winning.

[Jerome Scuggs]

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_8888028?source=rss

aaaahahahahaha

"Joe Six-pack will have to pay a lot more to get his buzz on if Assemblyman Jim Beall has his way."

[Necromotic]

ron paul for president

[Jerome Scuggs]

ron paul has his ideas but as a leader? i dont think a radical old man would be very suited to dealing with achmedinaidnianinijad

[Cops]

ron paul has his ideas but as a leader? i dont think a radical old man would be very suited to dealing with achmedinaidnianinijad

I almost beat the shit out of a communist last night, I think you would have been proud.

[Ewan]

Southampton, UK.

I converted into US currency for consistency.

A gallon of gasoline: $8/gal
A bottle of namebrand water: $1.60 for a 1 litre (~30oz) bottle of Evian
4 pack of 500ml (~15oz) domestic lager: $7
4 pack of 500ml Budweiser: ~$9
A McDonalds Doublecheeseburger : $2.40
Bus fare : Uni subsidied bus: $2.40 for single, $4 for all-day ticket
Normal bus: Depends on distance, but you'd typically pay $2 - $3 for a return ticket
Going to see a movie : $12 for students, $14 otherwise
College Tuition: $2200 a year (ha! something we have cheaper!)
Newspaper: $1 - $2
Sunday Newspaper: $5
Typical pack of 20 cigarettes: ~$10
Pint (~550ml, 33oz) of beer in a normal pub: $6
Pint of beer in a cheap pub (we have these chains called Wetherspoons): $4
Pint of beer on a monday at my local student nightclub: $1
Loaf of supermarket sliced bread: $1
Loaf of Hovis sliced bread: $2
Pizza from supermarket: $3 - $8
Pizza from take-away: ~$20 for a 12/15" pizza (quite a few around here do buy 1 get 1 free though)
Pizza hut "all you can eat" buffet: $10
Typical take-away curry (curry, rice, naan): $18
Fish and chips take-away: ~$6
Dinner in a semi-decent restaurant: $80/person
Designer (Levi, Diesel etc) jeans: $200+
Typical, decent jeans: $60
Cheapo supermarket look-like-shit jeans: $15
Typical T-shirt: $30
Typical Hoodie: $40 - 50
Round of Golf: $40

Computery stuff:
Typical new PC game: $70
Typical new X360/PS3 game: $90
Guitar Hero 3: $140
Rock Band: $260
Nintendo DS: $200
PSP: $260
PS3 40GB: $600
Wii: $360
X360 20GB: $500
My PC: $1400 (built, mid-high end components)
Typical Broadband: ~$40/month for 8meg unlimited.

Typical income:
Crappy retail job, $10 - $12/hour
Typical starting salary for a (decent) graduate job ~$40k - $50k


Living costs:
Rent in a house with 4 students: $1920/month total
1 year's accomodation in Uni halls (dorms): $8k (I am not 100% sure on this)

Typical house prices:
My brother just bought a semi-detached 4 bedroom house for $600k
My home is a terraced 4 bedroom house currently worth ~$400k]
This is south-east England though which has the highest property prices.


Well I think the list is pretty comprehensive... I'm bored now so I can't be fucked to add anything else.