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Old 05-18-2011, 12:53 AM  
jimmycooper
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Originally Posted by Si View Post
You couldn't be more wrong,

People don't earn 2Xs more in the UK, they just get charged 2 Xs more for everything.

17% sales tax
Anything car related is expensive: petrol, insurance etc. Tax unless you have an eco friendly car.
Anything house related is expensive, property prices, rents, tax again.
Food overall is more expensive.
Cigarettes are atleast $10 per pack.

Then when you look at this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_household_income

What you just said doesn't ring true at all.

One of the reasons I left the shithole
Cigarettes are $13 in NYC and about $6-7 in Austin.
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