Is europe really expensive to live in? - GoFuckYourself.com

teenjump · 09-17-2003, 05:21 PM

My dad was telling me when he went to England in the mid 70s and France a few years ago, food - lodging and such is VERY expensive.

Now I am looking at Australia. But I want to keep my options open. I truly have NO preference where I go - what I do know is I want to go somewhere new. And I think anywhere would be an experience all in its own.

However - I have seen 350sqft apartments in France for like $1,750 a month CANADIAN! That's unreal. We pay like $400 here for TWICE the size!

I am wondering if I am looking in all the wrong places, or is metro europe really expensive?

Dirty F · 09-17-2003, 05:23 PM

Amsterdam is fucking expensive.

The pad im having now is 1840 euros a month.

teenjump · 09-17-2003, 05:25 PM

Jesus H. Christ.
That's insane. No wonder you mad pimp in adult to live there. You must have 2-3 roommates, eh?

PerfectionGirls · 09-17-2003, 05:30 PM

Mexico baby!!!

teenjump · 09-17-2003, 05:31 PM

Nah dude. Somewhere exciting, with a lot of history, and very few mexicans = ++;

lol.

JOP · 09-17-2003, 05:50 PM

You can not compare many countries in europe with each other.

There are very cheap places in the east and south and pretty

expensive places northern and mid europe.

London is the most expensice currently followed by Munich,

Hamburg and downtown Brussels.

The cheapest places are in greece, portugal and all over

eastern europe (it gets damn cheap far in the east like

in Romania and the Ukraine).

teenjump · 09-17-2003, 05:52 PM

But do they pay accordingly? Like is there more poverty because of this, or do they pay you on a scale to make living possible?

Emerald · 09-17-2003, 05:59 PM

Try Poland, living isn't that expensive. Or ask Paul about Czech Republic.

teenjump · 09-17-2003, 06:09 PM

Prague would be a cool place to live.
But I am hoping to try something with an English dominant language society. Not that I don't want to learn other languages, but the barriers of communication are too much if you're not fluent.

chowda · 09-17-2003, 06:10 PM

if ur going to amsterdamn, stay at thehun's place.

NedFLanders · 09-17-2003, 06:10 PM

Dirty F · 09-17-2003, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Battuss
Amsterdam is fucking expensive.

The pad im having now is 1840 euros a month.

No, alone :/

But im gonna move to a new place, only 1300 euro's.

Parking my car costs me 620 a month.

Dirty F · 09-17-2003, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by chowda
if ur going to amsterdamn, stay at thehun's place.

Uh, he doesnt live anywhere close to Amsterdam.

Emerald · 09-17-2003, 06:25 PM

Try the bus/Metro

Maru · 09-17-2003, 06:27 PM

What about Scotland? There are parts of the British Isles that are considerably cheaper than London. If you want to live where they speak English, there's only GB in Europe.

I've heard that Australia is very nice. In fact, I know people in Europe who are dreaming of settling there. The thing about Australia that you always hear: It's far away from everything.

chowda · 09-17-2003, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Battuss

Uh, he doesnt live anywhere close to Amsterdam.

well then... where ever he is, im sure he'll let u stay over

Emerald · 09-17-2003, 06:30 PM

Ok 'bour Aus. Stil Poland is ok

Emerald · 09-17-2003, 06:31 PM

Fuck ll

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digifan · 09-17-2003, 06:36 PM

And they lack broadband, lots of webmasters have to work using modem still, only the lucky have dsl... I have a friend in New Zealand who has built his own dsl but has to pay per mb and it is very expensive.

Sly_RJ · 09-17-2003, 06:37 PM

I think a better question is how easy or hard is it to live in these countries. You can't just grab your suitcase, hop on a plane, and move... can you?

quiet · 09-17-2003, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Battuss
Amsterdam is fucking expensive.

The pad im having now is 1840 euros a month.

Battuss - is it as difficult to find places for rent in Amsterdam as i've heard?

620 euros/month to park your car?? damn...

~Ray · 09-17-2003, 06:40 PM

When I was in Tokyo... a can of beer cost USD $6 each.

So I wouldn't move there.

Mr. Jim · 09-17-2003, 06:41 PM

or .....

How expensive is the cost of living in Europe?

Is it expensive to live in Europe?

How much more expensive is it to live in Europe than other places?

quiet · 09-17-2003, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sly_RJ
I think a better question is how easy or hard is it to live in these countries. You can't just grab your suitcase, hop on a plane, and move... can you?

sure you can, if you go into it as simply a very long vacation. i've done it before, and will do it again.

chodadog · 09-17-2003, 06:54 PM

Bulgaria.

~Ray · 09-17-2003, 06:56 PM

My friend went backpacking in Australia for 3 months and stayed a year...

Theo · 09-17-2003, 07:00 PM

unfortunately now greece and specially athens is expensive too. Only my last bills for electricity,water and phone add up to 850 euro

NBDesign · 09-17-2003, 08:16 PM

Sad to say... everyplace is the same... once you live in a place long enough... that is...

As for the rate of what things cost.. it's all relative... You will make more in a city where things are a bit more expensive...

Video-Post · 09-18-2003, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by quiet

Battuss - is it as difficult to find places for rent in Amsterdam as i've heard?

620 euros/month to park your car?? damn...

The housing market in Amsterdam is insane. I know I lived there for 4 years.

NickB. · 09-18-2003, 02:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by quiet
Battuss - is it as difficult to find places for rent in Amsterdam as i've heard?620 euros/month to park your car?? damn...

If you don't have a license 2 park your car in Amsterdam, you'll pay! 620 is a good price than, where do you park your car? you probably know the better places.....

I remember when I went shopping with my ex-GF in amsterdam for a few hours, had some drinks and diner, and after that the parking cost me 67 Euro's!!!!!!

Cash · 09-18-2003, 03:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by chowda
if ur going to amsterdamn, stay at thehun's place.

, hehe ...

As a general rule, the poorer the country (or the respective location within that country) is, the cheaper it gets. So it depends on you what you choose if you want to relocate or find temporary accommodation.

salo18 · 09-18-2003, 03:42 AM

I have seen small fucking apartments for 100$ here in sweden hehe

Libertine · 09-18-2003, 03:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by nickbaauw

If you don't have a license 2 park your car in Amsterdam, you'll pay! 620 is a good price than, where do you park your car? you probably know the better places.....

I remember when I went shopping with my ex-GF in amsterdam for a few hours, had some drinks and diner, and after that the parking cost me 67 Euro's!!!!!!

67 euro's? My rent, here in Groningen, is 68 euros a month

MarcoTC · 09-18-2003, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by punkworld

67 euro's? My rent, here in Groningen, is 68 euros a month

You live in a toilet, that doesn't count.

Libertine · 09-18-2003, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MarcoTC

You live in a toilet, that doesn't count.

a toilet with 3 bedrooms, kitchen, office, living room, bathroom, balcony and... well, a toilet

justsexxx · 09-18-2003, 04:34 AM

I am moving to a new apartment as well.. The price is 1000 euro's a month (www.thumbtgp.com/huis/)

there you can see what I get for that :-) (it's in "castricum" and that place is pretty expensive, but it's damn nice :-) when you go more east, it's getting cheaper)

@quiet I see you more and more looking for places in Holland :-) Good choice, it's not that hard to get a nice place when you pay enough....If you want some good sites of housebrokers(sale and rent) contact me on ICQ and I show you some.

Andre

quiet · 09-18-2003, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by justsexxx
I am moving to a new apartment as well.. The price is 1000 euro's a month (www.thumbtgp.com/huis/)

there you can see what I get for that :-) (it's in "castricum" and that place is pretty expensive, but it's damn nice :-) when you go more east, it's getting cheaper)

@quiet I see you more and more looking for places in Holland :-) Good choice, it's not that hard to get a nice place when you pay enough....If you want some good sites of housebrokers(sale and rent) contact me on ICQ and I show you some.

Andre

not using icq... when you have a chance please email me ultraquiet at mac dot com

cheers

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justsexxx · 09-18-2003, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jimholio
or .....

How expensive is the cost of living in Europe?

Is it expensive to live in Europe?

How much more expensive is it to live in Europe than other places?

Cars--->damn expensive...Example

New mercedes CLK 320 65.000 EURO

Yearly roadtax for that car 644 EURO

And then of course your insurance and stuff

Gas---> 1,10 EURO per LITRE

ALso we pay like 40-50% income tax... Sales tax(vat) is 19% except on food then you pay 6% VAT

Andre

rebel23 · 09-18-2003, 04:42 AM

actually london isnt the most expensive now, it is like 3rd or 4th behind munich & paris. you can thank the euro and the mass inflation they dare not admit to for that

Jakke PNG · 09-18-2003, 04:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by justsexxx

Cars--->damn expensive...Example

New mercedes CLK 320 65.000 EURO

Yearly roadtax for that car 644 EURO

And then of course your insurance and stuff

Gas---> 1,10 EURO per LITRE

ALso we pay like 40-50% income tax... Sales tax(vat) is 19% except on food then you pay 6% VAT

Andre

Everything you listed there is more expensive in finland. Isn't that great?

Jakke PNG · 09-18-2003, 04:45 AM

..also my 1 bedroom apartment in Helsinki (nice area though) is worth over 170k?. Even though I own the place, I have to pay 200? 'maintenance' stuff per month. A rent in a place like mine would be over ?1k per month... Living in helsinki is fucking expensive. I wanna move out! Anyone wanna rent a furnished apartment in Helsinki?

justsexxx · 09-18-2003, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by quiet

not using icq... when you have a chance please email me ultraquiet at mac dot com

cheers

done have send you some questions and I can send you good links..

justsexxx · 09-18-2003, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TeenGodFather
Everything you listed there is more expensive in finland. Isn't that great?

Yeah that made my day

rebel23 · 09-18-2003, 04:48 AM

hey TGF, you should check out Russia - low taxes !

Jakke PNG · 09-18-2003, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rebel23
hey TGF, you should check out Russia - low taxes !

Umm.. like, no.

Oracle Porn · 09-18-2003, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rebel23
hey TGF, you should check out Russia - low taxes !

Why would anyone move there?!?!

Theo · 09-18-2003, 04:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TeenGodFather
Umm.. like, no.

lol

why not? my partner was in ukraine last week and he told me it was pretty nice.

Jakke PNG · 09-18-2003, 05:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Soul_Rebel

lol

why not? my partner was in ukraine last week and he told me it was pretty nice.

I don't like russians, atleast those I've met.
The language sounds ugly, to my ears.
..and the country as a whole seems damn shady.

09-17-2003, 05:21 PM	#1
teenjump So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,595	Is europe really expensive to live in? My dad was telling me when he went to England in the mid 70s and France a few years ago, food - lodging and such is VERY expensive. Now I am looking at Australia. But I want to keep my options open. I truly have NO preference where I go - what I do know is I want to go somewhere new. And I think anywhere would be an experience all in its own. However - I have seen 350sqft apartments in France for like $1,750 a month CANADIAN! That's unreal. We pay like $400 here for TWICE the size! I am wondering if I am looking in all the wrong places, or is metro europe really expensive?

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Dirty F Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 59,204	Amsterdam is fucking expensive. The pad im having now is 1840 euros a month.

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teenjump So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,595	Jesus H. Christ. That's insane. No wonder you mad pimp in adult to live there. You must have 2-3 roommates, eh?

09-17-2003, 05:31 PM	#5
teenjump So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,595	Nah dude. Somewhere exciting, with a lot of history, and very few mexicans = ++; lol.

09-17-2003, 05:52 PM	#7
teenjump So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,595	But do they pay accordingly? Like is there more poverty because of this, or do they pay you on a scale to make living possible?

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Emerald Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 30	Try Poland, living isn't that expensive. Or ask Paul about Czech Republic.

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teenjump So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,595	Prague would be a cool place to live. But I am hoping to try something with an English dominant language society. Not that I don't want to learn other languages, but the barriers of communication are too much if you're not fluent.

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Emerald Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 30	Try the bus/Metro

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Maru Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Europe Posts: 918	What about Scotland? There are parts of the British Isles that are considerably cheaper than London. If you want to live where they speak English, there's only GB in Europe. I've heard that Australia is very nice. In fact, I know people in Europe who are dreaming of settling there. The thing about Australia that you always hear: It's far away from everything.

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Emerald Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 30	Ok 'bour Aus. Stil Poland is ok

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Jakke PNG ex-TeenGodFather Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Suomi Finland Perkele Posts: 20,306	..also my 1 bedroom apartment in Helsinki (nice area though) is worth over 170k?. Even though I own the place, I have to pay 200? 'maintenance' stuff per month. A rent in a place like mine would be over ?1k per month... Living in helsinki is fucking expensive. I wanna move out! Anyone wanna rent a furnished apartment in Helsinki? __________________ ..and I'm off.

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