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Lets go people, this may well have been done before, but, and a big but here; I just felt really rather ripped off here filling up the petrol tank of my car today, cost £32 bloody quid ($50USD)

In the UK today things cost this much, conversion to US$ correct as of 4/10/02:

Petrol/Gas - 76.9p Ltr = $1.20/ltr (=$4.56 per US Gallon)
Ciggies/Fags - £4.20 per 20 Ciggies = $6.59
Beer (e.g. pint of Stella Artois, in a pub) £2.70 = $4.23 ($5.04 per US Pint)
Car Insurance £1100 (25 year old/clean license 1990 Honda CRX) $1724
Average House Price (all houses so includes crap 2 up 2 down terrace jobs, i.e. tiny 2 bedroom nasty low value stuff) $147957 = $232004

Is this country expensive or what. Gotta love Tony Blair ROTFLMAO.

Merrin

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Big Mac = JPY270 = US$2.30
Gasoline = JPY100/liter = US$3.30/gallon
Beer (350ml / 10 oz. can)= JPY200 = $1.65
Cigs (1 pack) = JPY250 = US$2.10
Apartment (dining kitchen, bathroom, 2 other rooms) in my neighborhood = JPY165,000/month = US$1,200/month
House (dining kitchen, bathroom, 3 other rooms) in my neighborhood = JPY50,000,000 = US$420,000

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Albany, NY

Gas - $1.48/gallon
Cigs - I don’t smoke, but I think it’s about $5/pack of 20
Beer (in a bar, decent brand) - $3, about 14oz.
Car Insurance - 21 year old, 1991 Plymouth Acclaim, clean license - About $1500 (Massachusetts insurance)
Rent (3 bedroom, REALLY run down, 3 living room, kitchen, bath) - $860/month

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Interesting …

Neuss, Germany (prices in EUR/USD)

Gas (unleaded normal): EUR 1.07 / USD 1.06 per litre
Cigs (pack with 19-21 pcs): EUR 3.00 / USD 2.96
Beer (0.3 l in a bar/pub): EUR 2.00 / USD 1.97
Big Mac: EUR 2.65 / USD 2.62
My appartment: EUR 1100 / USD 1087 a month incl. utilities (3 Bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 116 m²)

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In Pretoria, South Africa
Petrol R4.21 / litre = $0.40
Cigarette R8 / 20 approx. = $0.77
Beer 330ml R8 = $0.77
Don’t eat at McDonalds but you can get a takeaway hamburger/chips/coke combination for approximately R20 = $1.92

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Las Vegas, Nevada

Gas $1.40 per US Gallon
Drum rolling tobacco 50g $3.00
Beer 18 can pack (12ounce ea) $9.00
MacDonald (they have better chains here: Fatburger or In N Out Burger, so I haven’t been to a Mac in years, but they advertise 49 cent cheesebugers on Wednesdays)
Apartments: Nice two bedroom with balcony, dishwasher, clothes washer/dryer included inside each apt, air-conditioning, swimming pool and jacuzzi, gym in the complex and covered parking $800-900
Three bedroom, brand new house starts about $135,000 (gone up $15,000 in just the past couple of years).

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Orlando, Florida

Gasoline/petrol - US$0.34/liter

Cigarettes - US$3.65/pack of 20

Beer (six pack, premium/microbrew) - US$7.00
Beer (six pack, domestic lager) - US$4.00
Beer (six pack, construction worker brand) - US$2.50
Beer (.3 L in pub) - US$2.00 to US$5.00 depending on atmosphere of pub, brand of beer)

Big Mac meal (Big Mac, fries, large soft drink) - US$3.50

House (new construction in suburbs, single family detached, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, 2 car garage, 180 m2 heated/cooled, 600m2 lot) - US$130,000 to US$200,000 depending on desirability of neighborhood, school district.

Apartment rent (new complex in suburbs, 2 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, 90m2) - US$650 to US$1200/month depending on neighborhood.

Cable television (250 channel, all HBO/Showtime/Movie Channel/Cinemax/Starz/Encore/pay channels, on-demand programming, 50 audio channels, broadband Internet access) - $120/month

Landscaping and lawn maintenance service - $20/week, $25/week for Friday service.

Pool maintenance service - $50-$80/month.

Pest/insect extermination service - $40/month

Electricity - $50-$80 during winter, $150-$250 during summer.

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Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada - All prices CDN

Gas - 70.4 cents/L

Cigs - 25PK $9.50

Insurance - 29 y.o. Married Male, 1998 Jeep Cherokee 4x4 - Full coverage - $798

1.5MB ADSL - $29 month

Big Mac Combo $4.99
Big Extra Combo $3.99

4L of 1% milk $3.25

Head of Romaine lettuce $.99 – $1.50

Dozen large eggs - $1.19

Pair of Levi’s 501 Jeans $50-$60

New release DVD - $17-$22

Brand New Yamaha V-Max 1200cc Motorcycle - $11,500

Natural Gas/Power - Approx $50 each/month

Sattelite TV minus HBO, Fancy-schmancy movie/porno channels $40 month

New house in the city - 1100-1250 sq/ft with double car attached garage - $170,000 – $190,000 - Take of $20K-$30K without the garage.

Beer - Decent domestic - $8 6/pack - $15-17 dozen