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Housing was expensive, Dining out/Food was expensive, Taxation is ridiculous (40%) of income above 60k if I recall correctly.
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Taken out of context that appears high, but the UK is the most heavily taxed western nation when all taxes are taken into consideration.
There is no national insurance contributions to pay, don't forget to add that onto your taxt bill
GST (ie VAT) is 12.5% not 17.5%
There is no water bill, this is included in your rates
Rates are less in dollars for a 10 acre place then they were in pound for a small house in the UK
You don't have to have private health insurance either
When you add up all the tax you pay, it is a lot less than the UK
As for eating out being expensive, I don't know what places you ate at, but we find eating out incredibly cheep.
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It seems more people are finding this out and coming to the same conclusion but no one seems to be asking WHY everything is so expensive.
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People are not asking why things are so expensive because on the whole they aren't so expensive. But don't believe me, I only live here and earn and buy the stuff.