How can a cheap American buy a HOUSE in the 1st. World ?

Can't argue with that.

I'm happy with a simple hi-tech life where my family and friends are
healthy, and if not, they don't have to worry about getting access to good
health services.

What I really like is that you can work if you want, or go on the dole and surf
(literally or virtually) all day if you contract "bludgeritis".

It most definitely is not for everyone - it is bleak in parts, Florida-like in
some, and a little England-like in others. Something like the choices in the
USA.

 

a healthy clyster to 300 bar .... SQUISSSHH

BOOM!

 

Unfortunately we have had a few queens. The First Lady is an honorary title. She hasn't been elected to any office. Some of them thought they were queens. All citizens have a voice. Some of these queens had very loud voices.

 

Yob ...
you cannot do the anarchist intolerant to all forms of authority!
This is anti-American!

 

think that we also had Petacci!

 

I had heard that of the USA, A freind of mine frequents Las vegas and says it is soul less, temporary like, no foundation, no meaning, difficult to put into words.


Oblivious to it, Amercans will have known no other.

 

No! This IS american! Our frontiers were expanded by men who chafed under authority, and preferred wild places and self reliance and sufficiency. It's our culture and in our genes!
We're rebels. At least the earliest immigrants were.

 

Las Vegas is plastic-ville. Un-real. New York City? An artificial bee-hive. Not real american living. If you want to know what america and americans are really like? Small town america is the REAL thing for most of us.

 

Sorry, I didn't make myself clear.
I meant that Australia is very bleak in some parts and not in others.
Just like the US, there is everything from rainforest and deserts, and parts that
are like the rolling hills of Blightey.

As for Las Vegas, I wouldn't think that is representative of the rest of the USA.

 

a treatise of Professors
Sacco and Vanzetti ..
"anarchist in the USA"

 

That's how I've always thought of it.
It's the opposite of Australia in that regard which is extremely urbanised.
(That's why we have a very efficient national postal service where kangaroos carry
letters in their pouches over great distances).

 

Roo Express! I like it!

 

Then people decided they wanted all the things Europe had. Cities, protections, regulations of other citizens safer than using the shotgun, comfortable working conditions, vacation time, environmental protection, healthcare. Ample resources turned into supporting much overhead.

Thank you for the info on Australia Mr. Efficiency. With the exchange ration 1:1.0425 wages being double appears you are in good shape relative to us. Also not having the over supply of housing. Here mortgage rates are 3.65% but that is too low. Banks don't have incentive to grant them.

Is there a site that compares the relative costs of a similar house, boat, car, taxes and living expenses in many different countries?

 

Then people decided they wanted all the things Europe had. Cities, protections, regulations of other citizens safer than using the shotgun, comfortable working conditions, vacation time, environmental protection, healthcare. Ample resources turned into supporting much overhead. Quote BPL.

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin

 

Originally Posted by Mr Efficiency:
"Without a major resources boom in coal, iron ore, and gas,( China the #1 market) the place would not be in good shape."

Yes, but we have known we have them for quite a while and progressed and developed
accordingly. If we didn't have them, Australia would have developed along different lines to now.

Comparing the cost of living across nations is very difficult because there are so many
factors that affect each prospective immigrant differently. I'm not sure how you can
factor in whether a particular country will suit your quirks and your expectations of a
good life.

I did see some comparisons based on the price of a cheeseburger once.
Or do you want some "fancy" airy-fairy economic comparisons?