Originally Posted by hitthenuts

Ok, so Im guessing that this is likely to have been done in the past but oh well I think it will be interesting. I got daydreaming about what almost everybody else in here surely must do at some stage, if not often. What is the standard of living like for other people around the world? How much do things cost?

So I thought I would start a thread we we can share and people can see at a glance how good/bad people have it in their respective settings. Most things you will be able to share off the top of your head, A few you may need to spend a minute searching for an answer, but here goes, feel free to copy/past the template to give your answer.

NB. all answers should be given as a general standard product, not luxury brands or items

[B]COUNTRY:
REGION/STATE: North Carolina
CITY: Greenville
MEDIAN INDIVIDUAL INCOME (COUNTRY): $27,041
MEDIAN INDIVIDUAL INCOME (CITY or STATE): $24,547

COST OF LIVING

PRICE OF PETROL: $3.55
1KG BLOCK OF CHEESE: 1lb = $3.69 for the block
ADULT MOVIE TICKET: $9.00
A MEAL AT A SMALL LOCAL RESTAURANT (3courses, 2beers lets say): way too subjective
A CUP OF COFFEE: 89cents
BUS FARE FOR 15-20KMS/10-20MIN TRIP: not sure
TAXI FARE FOR 15-20KMS/10-20MIN TRIP: 15 bucks to go 5 miles mostly, not any metered cabs here
YOUR MOBILE MONTHLY COST AND PLAN: $80 with unlimited data/txt/calling nationwide
YOUR INTERNET MONTHLY COST AND PLAN: $49 12gb
A HEINEKEN AT A BAR: $4
A HOUSE WINE AT A BAR: $3
THE CHEAPEST YOU COULD BUY A WORKING, LEGAL CAR FOR: $100-$300
A 600ml COKE FROM A GAS STATION: 16oz 99cents
AVERAGE RENT FOR 1 PERSON PER WEEK (excluding utilities): meh subjective upon roommate situations but for avg college student its $250-$700
2L MILK FROM SUPERMARKET: 2gallon $2.97-$3.99
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Ontario, Canada
Median family income in Canada as of 2009 was $68k
Median family income in Ontario as of 2009 was $69k
Gas approx. $1.20/litre
cheese - no idea
movie ticket - about $10
meals - anywhere from $15 per person to $100 per person
coffee - $1.25
bus fare - $2.25
taxi fare - $10 to $15
mobile plan - unlimited corporate data plan approx. $110
internet / phone and tv are bundled - internet alone on cable is about $50
heinekan is a premium brand here - domestic beer approx $4.25 a bottle
house wine - about $4 a glass
cheapest legal car - $2k
600ml coke - around $2.50 (no idea)
rent for 2bdr apt - approx. $750
2L milk - $3.99

I enjoy where i live. Reasonable costs, and easy access to shopping, leisure, nature, entertainment. Living somewhere else is a tough question b/c would also require a different level of income / lifestyle.

 

Originally Posted by saxman

Ontario, Canada
Median family income in Canada as of 2009 was $68k
Median family income in Ontario as of 2009 was $69k
Gas approx. $1.20/litre
cheese - no idea
movie ticket - about $10
meals - anywhere from $15 per person to $100 per person
coffee - $1.25
bus fare - $2.25
taxi fare - $10 to $15
mobile plan - unlimited corporate data plan approx. $110
internet / phone and tv are bundled - internet alone on cable is about $50
heinekan is a premium brand here - domestic beer approx $4.25 a bottle
house wine - about $4 a glass
cheapest legal car - $2k
600ml coke - around $2.50 (no idea)
rent for 2bdr apt - approx. $750
2L milk - $3.99

I enjoy where i live. Reasonable costs, and easy access to shopping, leisure, nature, entertainment. Living somewhere else is a tough question b/c would also require a different level of income / lifestyle.

Saxman has it pretty well nailed.

Gas in my area of the GTA is around $1.30, though
Cheese, is around $5-6.00 for a block of Kraft Cheddar. Better cheeses cost significantly more, obv.
2bdrm apt for about $1,000.00

Man, just looking at some of these replies already, I have discovered...

Petrol prices in NZ seem to be really fuckin high! Like double you guys in the americas
Coffee, coke, beer and wine (so basically drinks) seem to also be WAAY more expensive here.
Not to mention you all seem to have a higher median income and GDP to boot!

haha, o well, cant have it all. NZ has it's perks i suppose

COUNTRY: USA
REGION/STATE: California
CITY: Newport Beach
MEDIAN INDIVIDUAL INCOME (COUNTRY): $ 27,041
MEDIAN INDIVIDUAL INCOME (CITY or STATE): $76,973

COST OF LIVING

PRICE OF PETROL: $4.00/gallon
1KG BLOCK OF CHEESE: No clue what 1KG of cheese looks like... I buy small pepperjack blocks for like $3.50
ADULT MOVIE TICKET: $12
DINING AT A TYPICAL DECENT LOCAL RESTAURANT (3courses, 2beers lets say): $50/person
A CUP OF COFFEE: $2.15 at Starbucks
BUS FARE FOR 15-20KMS/10-20MIN TRIP: no clue
TAXI FARE FOR 15-20KMS/10-20MIN TRIP: $30
YOUR MOBILE MONTHLY COST AND PLAN: $85
YOUR INTERNET MONTHLY COST AND PLAN: $115 - Cable and Internet
A HEINEKEN AT A BAR: $7
A HOUSE WINE AT A BAR: $8
THE CHEAPEST YOU COULD BUY A WORKING, LEGAL CAR FOR: $500
A 600ml COKE FROM A GAS STATION: $1.00?
AVERAGE RENT FOR A 2BEDROOM PLACE PER WEEK (excluding utilities): I pay $1400 for my place and it's about as cheap as Newport gets.
2L MILK FROM SUPERMARKET: $3.00


WHAT DO YOU LIKE THE MOST ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE: Beaches and babes. I live next to an awesome market and a golf course. The opportunity to succeed is everywhere in Newport.

WHAT DON"T YOU LIKE ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE: Traffic, pollution, noise, no nature camping, assholes

WHAT ARE YOUR IDEALS AND DREAMS ABOUT WHERE YOU COULD LIVE I Live in one of the richest and nicest cities in America and I'm 26. I've chosen to live in 4 other states prior to ending up here and will probably stay in Newport forever.

Haven't even lived in this country for a month yet so some of this will be guesswork. All answers in USD so that we have a comparable framework, it's stupid to post in a million different currencies.

 

Originally Posted by hitthenuts

REGION/STATE: Perak, Malaysia

CITY: Tanjung Malim (specifically a 'burb called Proton City which has less than 5k people, total in TM is 60k but only like 18k downtown)

MEDIAN INDIVIDUAL INCOME (COUNTRY): $11820

MEDIAN INDIVIDUAL INCOME (CITY or STATE): Considerably lower, but I can't find an actual number anywhere given my still-useless Bahasa Melayu skills. I'd guess about $6k, and even that might be high. Guys who work in the restaurants all over the place make between 100 and 200 a month.

COST OF LIVING

PRICE OF PETROL: roughly $2.32 a gallon (65 cents a liter or so)

1KG BLOCK OF CHEESE: I haven't seen a 1k block of cheese since I left the States, but at the one store I saw actual expensive cheeses, the prices were only a shade under what you'd pay at grocery stores in Seattle. Dairy and 90 degree days with poor refrigeration don't mix too well.

ADULT MOVIE TICKET: For about $8 you can get the super pimp la-z boy recliner seats with food service, regular price is about $3.50.

DINING AT A TYPICAL DECENT LOCAL RESTAURANT (3courses, 2beers lets say): There is not a single place in Proton City that serves beer, but I just had lamb biryani and a non-alcoholic beverage for $2.25, and usually spend about half that on breakfast. At the Chinese place in Tanjung Malim, where you can actually get a beer, 2 orders of fried rice, sweet and sour pork, pork ribs, and 2 large Carlsburgs set us back $17 and my friend started ripping management for overcharging us. Beer is not cheap, a can of Guinness at 7-11 is still $4, and the cheapest drinks at bars are at least that. Muslims don't drink. I also have to go to the Chinese places to get pork, and the non-Halal section of the grocery stores nationwide feels like the adult section of the video store. Malay employees will actually put gloves on to handle cans of pork and the like. Even teriyaki sauce is non-Halal...

A CUP OF COFFEE: 25-30 cents, depending on whether you want condensed milk or not.

BUS FARE FOR 15-20KMS/10-20MIN TRIP: ludicrously cheap, maybe a buck tops. The KL monorail will take you all the way across the city into the burbs and the max fare is like $1

TAXI FARE FOR 15-20KMS/10-20MIN TRIP: cost me $5 to go 12k during rush hour, and got jobbed for $8 on the way back by a guy who refused to use the meter because he'd have to waste a bunch of time in the mandatory taxi queue at my destination. Then once I gave him the money he hopped the curb and fled the taxi line.

YOUR MOBILE MONTHLY COST AND PLAN: Company phone, company internet, company laptop, company car. I know for the phone and internet they'll pay a maximum of $50/month per person and it's ludicrously rare for someone to go over. The internet here blows though, apparently in KL you can get 15mbps with phone and full cable tv for like $60, but here the fastest is 1mb and without the combo it's still like $40

YOUR INTERNET MONTHLY COST AND PLAN: In Proton City you can buy a 5-day pass to the local wifi network for $1.65, which is somewhat better than my company internet but still takes a few hours to download a 232mb episode of Weeds. Unfortunately, my 5 day pass expired this morning and the sign explaining why the shop is closed right now is in BM.

A HEINEKEN AT A BAR: $5 in shitholes, at least double in clubs in KL.

A HOUSE WINE AT A BAR: Same as beer, even the cheapest Gallo type crap at the grocery store is $10/bottle

THE CHEAPEST YOU COULD BUY A WORKING, LEGAL CAR FOR: couple hundred would probably be super easy

A 600ml COKE FROM A GAS STATION: 500ML, 67 cents.

AVERAGE RENT FOR A 2BEDROOM PLACE PER WEEK (excluding utilities): I am currently renting a 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom two-story terrace house for $275 a month and everyone is convinced I'm overpaying by 20-25%. They also think I'm nuts since apparently there were 10 university students sharing this apartment a couple years back. I looked at a 3-bed, 2-bath that was $135 a month, but it was a shithole so I decided to splurge. I am however moving, as I generally don't let the # of cockroaches killed in my house get to double digits before I move, and I've only been here 2 weeks.

2L MILK FROM SUPERMARKET: Milk comes in 2 liters? 1 liter, $1.75, and in Proton City for that price it's long life milk that comes in a rectangular box.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE THE MOST ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE: Amazing cheap food, friendly people (albeit sober), palm trees everywhere, it's 90 degrees every day, AsiaAir has routine sales with $15 flights to Cambodia and the like, I'll be spending next week watching both Chelsea and Liverpool play vs Malaysia for $40 total, and the weekend after I'll be spending on a tropical island with nothing to do but hang out on the beach (and they drink on the island) for like $5 a night, $15 if I want my own room.

WHAT DON"T YOU LIKE ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE: Lack of booze and bacon, ridiculously intelligent, aggressive fire ants (they walk right around the ant cups like they aren't even there, and they bite), roaches, the fact that FTP is still dicking me around about playing (still UB only for me, and this FTP gripe was before they got shut down globally), and the fact that I would have chosen almost any other location in Malaysia had I been given the option. That said, it's only 45 minutes to KL.

WHAT ARE YOUR IDEALS AND DREAMS ABOUT WHERE YOU COULD LIVE:[/B] Sunny, warm, with ease of access to beaches, good food, sexy women (tons in Malaysia, not so much in Tanjung Malim), low prices that enable me to save up for living in Brazil throughout 2014 for Carnival and World Cup, multicultural, oh and a plant that reportedly carries the death penalty here.

*I could add some more if i think of some or if people have some suggestions. I will post my one after a few replies

 

Originally Posted by hitthenuts

COUNTRY: USA
REGION/STATE: Virginia
CITY: Fairfax
MEDIAN INDIVIDUAL INCOME (COUNTRY):
MEDIAN INDIVIDUAL INCOME (CITY or STATE): $104,259

COST OF LIVING

PRICE OF PETROL:
1KG BLOCK OF CHEESE:
ADULT MOVIE TICKET:
DINING AT A TYPICAL DECENT LOCAL RESTAURANT (3courses, 2beers lets say):
A CUP OF COFFEE:
BUS FARE FOR 15-20KMS/10-20MIN TRIP:
TAXI FARE FOR 15-20KMS/10-20MIN TRIP:
YOUR MOBILE MONTHLY COST AND PLAN:
YOUR INTERNET MONTHLY COST AND PLAN:
A HEINEKEN AT A BAR: $5-6
A HOUSE WINE AT A BAR: $6-7
THE CHEAPEST YOU COULD BUY A WORKING, LEGAL CAR FOR:
A 600ml COKE FROM A GAS STATION:
AVERAGE RENT FOR A 2BEDROOM PLACE PER WEEK (excluding utilities): $1400ish
2L MILK FROM SUPERMARKET:

WHAT DO YOU LIKE THE MOST ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE: jobs, lots of stuff to do

WHAT DON"T YOU LIKE ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE: traffic, cost of living, hordes of people

WHAT ARE YOUR IDEALS AND DREAMS ABOUT WHERE YOU COULD LIVE: I'd like to live in Virginia but somewhere rural in the mountains. Grow my own weed, brew my own beer and be left the fuck alone.

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Weatherford, OK

Median for OK is ~41k weatherford is ~36k.

Prices are generally the same for stuff across the board. Gas is $3.49/gal

Median home price here in Weatherford is ~145k, while towns within 20 miles is ~100k.

Nice town, college town too.

 

Originally Posted by DiegoSP7

COUNTRY: Brazil
REGION/STATE: São Paulo
CITY: São Paulo
MEDIAN INDIVIDUAL INCOME (COUNTRY): 2008 numbers (monthly income)
classe A (between R$ 6,6000 and R$ 11,000 mil); Classes A and B (15%)
classe B (between R$ 2,200 and 3,800);
classe C (R$ 1,100); Class C (46%)
classe D (R$ 570) Classes D and E (39%)
classe E (R$ 300).
MEDIAN INDIVIDUAL INCOME (CITY or STATE):

COST OF LIVING

US $ 1 = R$1,57 brazilian reais

PRICE OF PETROL: R$10,20/gallon
1KG BLOCK OF CHEESE: R$18 for a kg of mussarela
ADULT MOVIE TICKET: R$20
DINING AT A TYPICAL DECENT LOCAL RESTAURANT (3courses, 2beers lets say):R$70
A CUP OF COFFEE:R$1
BUS FARE FOR 15-20KMS/10-20MIN TRIP:R$6
TAXI FARE FOR 15-20KMS/10-20MIN TRIP: R$45 for 12km. After 7pm the price is slightly higher.
YOUR MOBILE MONTHLY COST AND PLAN: R$ 245 for unlimited data, txt and nextel radio +100 min of call time. (mobile phones and internet in Brazil are such a rip-off)
YOUR INTERNET MONTHLY COST AND PLAN: R$250 for a TV, phone and internet bundle with HD channels.
A HEINEKEN AT A BAR: R$12 Heinekens are expensive here, you can get a 600ml bottle of local beer for R$3,50
A HOUSE WINE AT A BAR:
THE CHEAPEST YOU COULD BUY A WORKING, LEGAL CAR FOR: I dont believe you can get one for less then R$4,500
A 600ml COKE FROM A GAS STATION:R$2
AVERAGE RENT FOR A 2BEDROOM PLACE PER WEEK (excluding utilities): R$1,800 per month and up
2L MILK FROM SUPERMARKET: R$2,50 for 1L

WHAT DO YOU LIKE THE MOST ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE: São Paulo is just awesome, Im 30 min drive from the beach, living in a metropolis with 19M plus people. The restaurants and night life are incredible, If I wanted to I could go out every night of the week for an entire year without repeating one place. The job market is also booming, huge change from where I lived in the US.

WHAT DON"T YOU LIKE ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE: violence and traffic.

WHAT ARE YOUR IDEALS AND DREAMS ABOUT WHERE YOU COULD LIVE:
I lived in the US for 15 years and I have to say Im very pleased with the choice I made coming back to Brazil. Ideally I would be able to live here for 6 months out of the year and in Miami for the other 6.

Dude I want to live in Sao Paulo. Get me a jobbbbbbb

 

Originally Posted by 36crazyfists

COUNTRY: USA
REGION/STATE: Virginia
CITY: Fairfax
MEDIAN INDIVIDUAL INCOME (COUNTRY):
MEDIAN INDIVIDUAL INCOME (CITY or STATE): $104,259

I looked it up and the correct individual income is $41,452....$104k seemed way too high.