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"Chookie" wrote in
Janet Baraclough wrote: Agreed so far as transport and shop prices for foods go, but in other Don't you live in a really tiny country? :-) Hmmmm. It never, ever, feels smaller to me. It's may be tiny geographically but boy is it packed with the most super interesting stuff - acre for acre, I'd holiday in Britain over Oz any day of the week. Here, transport is a HUGE cost for the rural areas. Petrol is dearer because it has to be trucked in (and then you have to use a lot more to get anywhere), food is dearer because it has to be trucked in... then factor in the effect of low levels of competition! I'm guessing that I pay a little under $1/litre here in Sydney, but I only use about 40 litres a week. The highest price for petrol that I know about is about $1.50 somewhere in teh bowels of NE South Oz, but I suspect that even that is cheaper than the average price in the UK. Their prices are ludicrously high, so thankfully the 4 hour trip from one side of the country to the other is so short. :-)) I certainly noticed the higher food prices when I was on holiday in Perth last year -- there hasn't been a huge effect on Sydney food prices yet, at least not the stuff that I buy. For example, I can buy a side of lamb from a wholesale butcher for $6/kg. Two years ago it was $5.80/kg. OTOH retail butchers charge amazingly -- lamb cutlets have roughly doubled in price in the same period (I've seen them for $32/kg!). If I had no wholesale butcher near me, I *would* have seen the difference in the meat budget. ways living in the sticks can be cheaper than urban /city life. Local taxes and all insurances are cheaper, Not sure about this -- it's difficult to judge such things across different countries. House insurance might not be cheaper in rural Aust. due to the increased flood and fire risk in the country. |
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