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Pinky;628411 wrote: I was thinking about this a few days ago whilst talking to a friend about how cheap a lot of things are to buy in the US compared to the UK.

I thought it might be interesting to compare prices from wherever you're from.

The average petrol price is currently 96p per litre

A three bedroomed house in a decent part of Lowey is around £185,000

A two bed town house is around £110,000

To rent a one bed flat is around £450 per month, and it won't be that nice either.

20 Cigarettes will set you back about £5.20.

So, how do prices for stuff compare? What do these work out to in say, Dollars?


Take your cost of everything double it and add about 30% and that is what it cost's in Canadian Dollars

So for every pound you spend I am spending one dollar and 30 cents. Roughly, and just because it's cool, us Canadians are nearly at Par with the US Dollar it's been over 30 years since our dollar has been this strong It's one cool feeling.

Don't go shopping in Norway is my advice. Approximately 2½ times the price of stuff in England. It's ok for them....they earn more.:rolleyes:

The house that I put an offer in on was £280,000 but was a lovely 3 storey town house (massive)

I guess these things are NOT really comparable, because people's earnings in the US are not comparable to the earnings in the UK. You can't just take someone's salary in Dollars and change it to pounds. There are local market forces and tax implications etc to take into consideration.

it's all swings and roundabouts really.

I prefer swings....

I have always wondered why paperbooks are so much more expensive in Canada than here. There are two prices on the books, one for US and one for Canada. Everytime I get one, I think, whew, glad I live here.

Perhaps y'all make more than us, huh? :-2

Pinky;628411 wrote: I was thinking about this a few days ago whilst talking to a friend about how cheap a lot of things are to buy in the US compared to the UK.

I thought it might be interesting to compare prices from wherever you're from.

The average petrol price is currently 96p per litre

A three bedroomed house in a decent part of Lowey is around £185,000

A two bed town house is around £110,000

To rent a one bed flat is around £450 per month, and it won't be that nice either.

20 Cigarettes will set you back about £5.20.

So, how do prices for stuff compare? What do these work out to in say, Dollars?


Using .49 cents U.S. to the British Pound, here's what I have come up with.

Medium price of a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home-------208,250 Pounds

Gasoline-----23.52 Pounds for a 15 gallon fillup

T-Bone steak----------3.00 Pounds per lb.

Two beroom, one bath rental----------637 Pounds Monthly

Movie----------------3.43 Pounds

Green Seedless Grapes----------------.97 per lb.

Loaf of Multi Grain Bread----------1.93

New Laptop Dell Computer (all bells and whistles)--------392

27 inch Flat Screen Plasma TV------------244.51

Elvira;628504 wrote: The house that I put an offer in on was £280,000 but was a lovely 3 storey town house (massive)

I guess these things are NOT really comparable, because people's earnings in the US are not comparable to the earnings in the UK. You can't just take someone's salary in Dollars and change it to pounds. There are local market forces and tax implications etc to take into consideration.

it's all swings and roundabouts really.

I prefer swings....


Way to do it would be as percentage of median family take home pay - that makes allowance for both salary and tax rates.

If a "normal" family in the UK earns £30,000 pa between them they should take home about £23,000 pa (guess as I don't have my reference tables here at the moment) which makes Pinky's average house 7.5 years take home and her starter house just under 5 years. The flat would be about 24% of take home.

For smaller items people usually use the "mars bar standard" as the relative cost of a chocolate bar tends to stay in step over time and should be equivalent across similar countries. So a pint is about 5 mars bars and a packet of cigarettes is about 11 mars bars.

Ok here we go.

petrol is $1.30 to $1.45 depending on wot type of petrol u get.

House 3-4 bedroom $350.000 upwards.

rent per week $220.00 house goin up tho.

cigies bout$10.00 per 20

fillet steak is $37.00 per kilo.

very good bottle of wine $25.00 upwards good wine $18.00 upwards.everyday wine can get for as low as $8.00 bottle but who wants to drink vinigar not me.

wages here for a average wage is about $45.000 per year.

dinner at a nice resturant couple bottles of wine from $200.00 to $350.00.

not sur wot the conversions are this is in aussie dollars.

[QUOTE=minks;628414]Take your cost of everything double it and add about 30% and that is what it cost's in Canadian Dollars



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Not sure what part of Canada you live in Minks, but since the current exchange rate is $1CDN = 47p, here's what a few things cost here in southeast Ontario :

Litre of regular gasoline - 50p

Name brand 32" LCD TV - £425.00

Name brand DVD player - £40.00- £45.00

Nice 3 br house - £108,000

4 litres milk - £2.00

Decent bottle of wine - £5.00 - £6.00

Pint at the pub - £2.25 (smile & wink from beautiful barmaid - priceless:-4 )

Loaf of bread - about £1.00 for anything edible

Cup of coffee at a cafe (not the Starbucks nonsense) - 60p

I don't eat meat nor smoke, but I think a pack of cigarettes are about £3.90. Couldn't guess about the meat.

Pinky;628411 wrote: I was thinking about this a few days ago whilst talking to a friend about how cheap a lot of things are to buy in the US compared to the UK.

I thought it might be interesting to compare prices from wherever you're from.

In U.S dollars...

The average petrol price is currently 96p per litre

A three bedroomed house in a decent part of Lowey is around £185,000 = $368,636

A two bed town house is around £110,000 = $219,189

To rent a one bed flat is around £450

$896 per month, and it won't be that nice either.

20 Cigarettes will set you back about £5.20 $10.

So, how do prices for stuff compare? What do these work out to in say, Dollars?


AKA:...The UK is significantly more expensive than the US...

The average gallon of gas here is probably about $3.15/gallon...

A 3 bedroom house here will depend on the neighborhood, it's overall condition, and if it has a fireplace, den, deck, etc..etc..,..but a typical 3 bedroom house is nowhere near $368,000...I would have to say a 3 bedroom house ranges from about $120,000 - $300,000...

A 2 bedroom house would be anywhere from $30,000 - $120,000...

Cut in half of what the UK pays to rent for a 1 bedroom apartment even in bad parts of town...

I don't smoke so I'm guessing more so on the cigarettes but I believe they're around $5 for a pack of 20 cigarettes...

Dont you just love how Bryn works things out in Mars bars :-4 I will have to point that one out to Chocoholic. :wah:

buttercup;628983 wrote: Dont you just love how Bryn works things out in Mars bars :-4 I will have to point that one out to Chocoholic. :wah:


So a Mars bar costs 0.09packs of cigarettes....right?

Uncle Kram;629314 wrote: So a Mars bar costs 0.09packs of cigarettes....right?
So, How many packs of ciggy's will it take in the UK for a rub and a tug?

Pinky;629331 wrote: About 100 I think..
Is that the general price or the special price?

Pinky;629331 wrote: About 100 I think..


Remember, I'm living in the East End of London - no escort agencies 'ere me duck.

US of A



Hookers--(really depends on the particular service and location)

but Id say 100 bucks will get you a trip around the world.

UK ?

Pot--a dime bag used to be 2 fingers now I think its about a joints worth

UK ?

Bail--of course it depends on the crime but a night of drunken debauchery will cost you about 500 clams

UK ?