I love to see what others spend on things like groceries, home decorations etc...and yes sometimes it makes me so envious...you have so many choices to buy in the US and prices for groceries are quite a bit cheaper than over here (aust) same with movie tickets we pay the cheapest $11 a ticket (on special deals) for one person...buying a econd hand car over here starts at $10,000 for a half way decent one...but then I think of our healthcare where we don't pay for surgeries (or we don't pay a lot) or scans etc...which is great when you have chronic illnesses and see doctors at least every couple of weeks...and our wages are much higher..my daughter worked in a grocery store while studying she was on $22ph...plus had sick days and annual leave paid for. so although I am envious of some of the things that you have I am also envious of some of the things we have and think of how much better some of you would be financially if you had our health system over there....I know if we were healthy and lived over there we woud have a much better life, we would have our own house, newer car and a lot more savings...but since I'm not healthy I would rather stay here...what do you think about the differences?
price envy or is it?
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So many issues to address with it the difference is in the details.
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Also, 22% of my income this year is going to healthcare. It's been our biggest expense (bigger than our California mortgage) for several years. I don't blog much about it any more because we have moved well past that. Was very prominent in my early blog years (was really throwing me for a loop, when our health insurance went up 1,000% in a very short time). But my husband has a serious medical condition and I know we are getting more out of it than we put in, so that also helps. In another situation, we'd probably "work for health insurance" or accept something lesser and cheaper.
I don't know if it's just a coincidence, but two people close to me went to Australia and never came home. I've not talked to them about the reasons, but sounds like it had been more cultural than anything. But now that I think about it, I do think in their cases they are significantly better off financially there than they would be here.
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