See everyone tells me cost of living in the UK is much higher than everywhere else, but i'm from Chicago, the only 2 that are worse in this country are I'm going to say, Los Angeles and New York, maybe Boston. (if you go by housing , not groceries, i'm not even going to start on the gas prices, because as I understand it, we have it good over here!). But you guys make New York real estate look like cheap land!
when my husband and I were there on our honeymoon I didn't think that, say the cost of a sandwich at a shop, clothes in a department store, groceries were any more than they are here. (we were smart, we didn't eat out every day, we packed sandwiches and snacks for our touristy things). SO I don't think its cost of living thats higher, but really cost of real estate is brutal. You have my sympathies!
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Date: 2008-05-04 02:37 pm (UTC)See everyone tells me cost of living in the UK is much higher than everywhere else, but i'm from Chicago, the only 2 that are worse in this country are I'm going to say, Los Angeles and New York, maybe Boston. (if you go by housing , not groceries, i'm not even going to start on the gas prices, because as I understand it, we have it good over here!). But you guys make New York real estate look like cheap land!
when my husband and I were there on our honeymoon I didn't think that, say the cost of a sandwich at a shop, clothes in a department store, groceries were any more than they are here. (we were smart, we didn't eat out every day, we packed sandwiches and snacks for our touristy things). SO I don't think its cost of living thats higher, but really cost of real estate is brutal. You have my sympathies!