Plain groceries aren't THAT much more expensive. If you ate out at a restaurant, I suspect you'd have found things far pricier - even a value meal at, say, Burger King will run you close to $10 (which is a lot higher than the equivalent the last time I was in the US).
There are something like 60 million people in the UK, which has a surface area that's tiny in comparison with the size of the US, which has around 350 million. It's not surprising that real estate is so expensive.
As for gas...well, with recent increases it works out to nearly $10/gallon here. We don't own a car ;)
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Date: 2008-05-04 06:59 pm (UTC)There are something like 60 million people in the UK, which has a surface area that's tiny in comparison with the size of the US, which has around 350 million. It's not surprising that real estate is so expensive.
As for gas...well, with recent increases it works out to nearly $10/gallon here. We don't own a car ;)