tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post222178922631856481..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: How Much Would It Cost Day to Day to Live Outside of the US?Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31576758694741414922012-06-21T22:23:18.477-04:002012-06-21T22:23:18.477-04:00$4.43 for a coffee in the US!? What?! I pay a buck...$4.43 for a coffee in the US!? What?! I pay a buck fifty; and that's for a large -- in CT no less.<br /><br />$55 for jeans and a luxury 2-bedroom apartment $4500/mo? Costco has name-brand jeans for $20.<br /><br />Where did these people get these numbers? We don't all live in NYC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-25899376225259404422012-06-21T20:23:53.375-04:002012-06-21T20:23:53.375-04:00If someone knows where to find a luxury two bedroo...If someone knows where to find a luxury two bedroom apartment in Singapore for $3,607 by all means please let me know...<br /><br />These kinds of studies are always more interesting to me in terms of how inaccurate they are than they are for their actual information. Without even getting into the substitution of goods and other nonsense that we see in the CPI calculations, just measuring "Paulhttp://the-pffl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31840370511025568312012-06-21T12:46:27.129-04:002012-06-21T12:46:27.129-04:00Booming oil industry - though I believe the proble...Booming oil industry - though I believe the problem is mostly in the capitalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-38577862013095332152012-06-21T12:45:16.998-04:002012-06-21T12:45:16.998-04:00You know,I've always heard that incomes just d...You know,I've always heard that incomes just don't compare because the cost of living is so different in many other countries. By this chart, it seems that the cost of living in the US is extremely cheap among developed nations, and yet it still has one of the higher incomes as well, which suggests that Americans are a lot better off than I thought (though without a lot of the social Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-23591640931982341442012-06-21T11:20:43.561-04:002012-06-21T11:20:43.561-04:00I have been living in Sao Paulo for the past coupl...I have been living in Sao Paulo for the past couple years and will second earth that was's comments on the accuracy. <br /><br />Milk is way off if you are talking about similar products. Milk we drink back in the states is a luxury down here, they only drink the boxed non-refrigerated crap. The good stuff costs $2.25-2.50 a LITRE.<br /><br />Gas, coffee and soda are about right.<br /><br />Ascootsmcgoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07797342046744926762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81252296840912188052012-06-21T11:09:16.687-04:002012-06-21T11:09:16.687-04:00Why the hell is Angola so expensive?Why the hell is Angola so expensive?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-64255343949802242162012-06-21T10:26:59.368-04:002012-06-21T10:26:59.368-04:00Robert
I live outside US and compared a couple of...Robert<br /><br />I live outside US and compared a couple of well known prices to verify the chart.<br /><br />For example pretty across Australia a litre of milk is about $1.25 to $1.40 AUD, which pans out to $1.29 to $1.45 CAD. That is the common neighborhood supermarket price. Very common price. But the chart, which factors in Canadian dollars, says $2.68. That is a big error.<br /><br />earth that washttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03635503399458271477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-4695533390177046972012-06-21T09:51:22.400-04:002012-06-21T09:51:22.400-04:00What I would like to see alongside this chart woul...What I would like to see alongside this chart would be the average monthly rent we have to pay in taxes. IE an average income tax withholding is prob around 800 dollars plus all the sales tax and hidden taxes in the economy. So how much tax rent does the country cost/month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-64253250073828911262012-06-21T09:44:51.597-04:002012-06-21T09:44:51.597-04:00Who wants to wear jeans in Angola? Too hot! Who...Who wants to wear jeans in Angola? Too hot! Who's buying a hamburger in Greece? You eat Souvlaki there. This is a "cost of living" only for those hopelessly stuck in a western mindset and who've never left their hometown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30306584481624590902012-06-21T09:02:40.716-04:002012-06-21T09:02:40.716-04:00And we thought our inflation was bad...And we thought our inflation was bad...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-16822392723690610332012-06-21T08:19:44.781-04:002012-06-21T08:19:44.781-04:00Could you provide the link to the image or a bette...Could you provide the link to the image or a better image?MWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16876455027982378028noreply@blogger.com