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05-29-2012, 09:01 PM
Having just come back from Montreal I am surprised how $$$$ it is, I thought places like NY/SF/CHI are expensive. Its nothing compared to Canada and Europe. Taxes are nuts
How the hell can people save up for a house/car/retirement when the cost of living is insane????? I spent $130 on just food for 4 days in Montreal and very little was on drinks or fine dining. Just coffee shops, local places.
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05-29-2012, 09:10 PM
$130 is chicken shit. I spend that on groceries every few days. Ripped the front cleat off my boat $400 last week and put 120 in gas in it.
Spent 500 more this long weekend on ??? Even Ali said in the DR he's blowing through a couple hundred a day.
The answer to your question is understand shit costs and fucking off cost more so learn how to make real money. 2k+ a week.
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05-29-2012, 09:17 PM
And Montreal is one of the cheaper spots in Canada! Try Vancouver or Toronto. Prices are kicking up, inflating is driving up shit like gas and food. Even after my trip in the States I was bug eyed at how much prices have shot up, a lot of stuff down there costs the same or more than Canada. Before you could sniff out deals in USA even with a shitty CDN dollar.
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05-29-2012, 10:09 PM
Can't believe you are complaining about Montreal, don't even think about coming to Toronto.
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05-29-2012, 10:58 PM
I've lived in a lot of places. Some were cheap, some expensive. At the end of the day, it's all relative. If you live somewhere expensive, you're gonna earn better wages. Also, different things are expensive in different cities. For example, cabs here in Miami are mad expensive, but in NY they are cheap. In NY rent costs a bit more than here in Miami though.
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05-30-2012, 12:11 PM
Quote: (05-29-2012 10:58 PM)InternationPlayboy Wrote:
I've lived in a lot of places. Some were cheap, some expensive. At the end of the day, it's all relative. If you live somewhere expensive, you're gonna earn better wages. Also, different things are expensive in different cities. For example, cabs here in Miami are mad expensive, but in NY they are cheap. In NY rent costs a bit more than here in Miami though.
It's not relative at all, depends on what you do for a living, the taxation rates etc. For example I work online, say no more.
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05-30-2012, 01:40 PM
Typical garbage Yahoo comes up with
Well a datasheet has just been posted on Nicaragua, the $ will get you a great deal on your coffin there it seems.
Argentina is definitely not cheap anymore
Iceland, yes there are some good package deals.
Poland, yes cheap enough
Lombok?, well yes but almost the entire country is cheap there.
There are countless other places, in Eastern Europe many currencies are plummeting even against the Euro. Where I am right now the currency is 40% lower than it was when I visited last September.
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05-30-2012, 02:09 PM
For a little more than the 1 Bedroom flat in London you can get a
14 Bedroom house in Hungary!
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/overseas-prop...miumA=true
This is gonna be my Hungarian harem
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05-30-2012, 07:11 PM
Great count me in.