Are cars actually cheaper anyway?
could you buy a new Honda city or jazz for less that 10,000 pounds in the uk?
what about those isuzu dmax things, i'm sure they are more expensive.
i will concede that second hand cars are much cheaper in the uk.
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Are cars actually cheaper anyway?
could you buy a new Honda city or jazz for less that 10,000 pounds in the uk?
what about those isuzu dmax things, i'm sure they are more expensive.
i will concede that second hand cars are much cheaper in the uk.
I would pick you up if i saw you on the street Lily. Don't you worry.;)Quote:
so by the time the council picks it up there is only the really broken and useless things left.
The Uk you bought a car on HP, here you bought one for cash, assuming I am correct why did this happen?Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Codger
cuz i made 60 grand on the house i left behindQuote:
Originally Posted by dirtydog
Ahhh, so now you don't own an expensive house anymore, but here you can buy a house for 10k stirling quite easily, so your comparison doesn't really work out to my mind.
No kidding, the average new price of a home where I live is approaching $300,000 (165,000 quid). Why buy one house here when I could have 15-20 in Thailand?
www.autotrader.co.uk quotes a new Honda Jazz 1.2 manual at 8,500 pounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
New car prices seem to have dropped a fair bit, second hand prices have plummeted, I regularly see cars here which, visually, are in very good condition dumped by the side of the road.
But the prices for real cars are much higher in Thailand than in Europe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dougal
I thought we'd nailed this one the last time, Smeg. You seem to have forgotten, so here's a quick reminder:
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Mercer’s survey covers 144 cities across six continents and measures the comparative cost of over 200 items in each location, including housing, transport, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment. It is the world’s most comprehensive cost of living survey and is used to help multinational companies and governments determine compensation allowances for their expatriate employees.
2006 results (1 = most expensive, 144 = least expensive)
1 Moscow (score 123.9)
5 London (score 110.6)
10 New York City (score 100)
60 Glasgow (score 80.7)
69 Birmingham (score 79.7)
74 Melbourne (score 78.8)
93 Perth (score 74.3)
100 Auckland (score 72.9)
127 Bangkok (score 64.9)
http://www.finfacts.com/costofliving.htm
Benbaa, facts and figures that other people put forward mean nothing to Smeg.
Well lets not get too fussy, my current situaton works damn fine for me, its just a shame that i have to be 6000 miles from my birthplace to be able to afford decent housing, transport and muff.Quote:
Originally Posted by dirtydog
My standard of living was by no means rubbish back home, but i was only ever one payday away from the gutter. If you know what i mean.
Rent income ? I know a retired Navy guy who went out several years ago at the low rank of E-5 who owns 7 houses/condos in Bremerton who rents them all out for $ 750 to $ 1200 a month ... and the mortgage isn't more than $ 700 on any single one of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by surasak
He makes 4X as much on his rental income as he does on his pension.
I guess that would be different. I used to deal with home repairs for several developers in the South who rented out houses and there's quite a bit of risk in doing that.
For personal use I plan on having a large tract of land as well as a house. To get us started my wife's family has given us some land next to their house to make a house, but, in the future I want a large farm to grow things besides rice. That simply isn't possible here in the States without spending a minor fortune. There's so much cheap land in Issan I'll be satisfied.
When i lived in BKK i had a place near Lumpinee park, it was 7000 bht a month and that was just about everything included in that price ie rent, AC, cable, electricity etc. In England i have a mortgage of four times that a month and thats after i paid a lump sum off to bring it down. It is more expensive at home but i have something that i will make a hefty profit on when i sell it. And with the state of pensions here in the UK, everyone needs an investment.
Just one other thing, i know housing is cheap in BKK but i would want to live in a crappy housing estate just because its cheap. The larger houses in Thailand are cool and for the same money you wouldnt get anything that size in England. When i do finally live in BKK i am buying a nice house and living the good life, not in a shack and never being able to afford to go home for a holiday.
Yes, I'm very aware of that data. According to it, Bangkok costs 58.6% the amount to live in as London. Now, are Bangkok salaries 58.6% of those in London? For expats on packages maybe (probably 100%), but nobody else.Quote:
Originally Posted by benbaaa
I earn about 50% of the rate my job pays in London, and the amount is more than the average TEFLer etc, and much more than the average Thai.
Bangkok costs 58.6% the price of London to live in.... I am no Siamophile but I find that hard to believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smeg
yeah it doesn't work out in the low end scale thats for sure, cheap bedsit in london would be 400 quid per month, cheap bedsit here would be 110 quid per month.
starting rate in a london taxi 10 quid... bangers 50 p
More like 40 quid.Quote:
Originally Posted by mad_dog
The key in this survey is that it compares a basket of 200 "like-for-like" costs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smeg
The 58.6% therefore is the relationship to get here exactly what you had back home...but...the survey is based on a basket of goods and services of the standard that would be enjoyed by a professional employed with a multi-national.
By adjusting your standards, requirements, etc., you would get away with well under the 58.6% mark...especially if you decide you don't need the 5 bedroom 3 bathroom home in the leafy suburb with the inground pool, the golf club membership, and the BMW you had back home as a professional employed by a multi-national!
But that actually lends support to Smeg's original train of thought...
Sure, you might be able to live in Bangkok on as little as 20% of what you needed to live back home...but no matter what you may claim, you will be making compromises in your living standards...
(Perhaps a more relevant survey would be comparing what it costs an unqualified, uneducated labourer with drinking issues and a penchant for ladies of the night to live in various places throughout the globe!:) )
[QUOTE=Torbek]Thai or farang?Quote:
Originally Posted by Smeg
Such as?Quote:
Originally Posted by Torbek
Well here I can easily afford 10 or more ladies per week, couldn't do that in the UK. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Torbek
It depends on your standards - there is no direct comparison to Soi Yodsak here but I was offered sex for 5 pounds a couple of years ago in Bradford's red light district.Quote:
Originally Posted by dirtydog