 | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Mark Sandlin
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| | | (...) That's incredible. I pay $1120 per month for my 900 sq. ft. one-bedroom home. Maybe I should move to Australia... I'd have more money for Lego. ;^) ~Mark (25 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Deidre Rushton Brumby
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| | | | (...) You'd certainly need the extra money for the Lego! :) Seriously, I wonder though how things such as salary compare (not asking personally), what standard that home, location etc etc (I presume that is $1120 US) BTW what's 900sq ft in metric? (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | Cost of Lego vs. Cost of Living (was: A Parental Perspective) —John J. Ladasky, Jr.
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| | | | | (...) That's about 84 square meters. I don't know where Mark lives, but with rents like that, he probably lives in some place with decent jobs. For comparison, I was renting out a 2 bedroom 2 bath condo of the same size as Mark's house, for $1275 US (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | Re: Cost of Lego vs. Cost of Living (was: A Parental Perspective) —Deidre Rushton Brumby
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| | | | | | | (...) is (...) Sorry, I meant that $175 a week for a house (or Lego) is a lot to spend if you are an average Australian family on 1 income. The average income per household per week (before tax) across Australia in 97/98 was $658 ($34,216 pa), the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | Re: Cost of Lego vs. Cost of Living (was: A Parental Perspective) —James J. Trobaugh
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| | | | | | (...) Valley. (...) $1600 (...) Ouch that's pretty pricey. I guess I know why so many people are moving to Atlanta. I have a 3bed/2 bath 1800sq ft home for about $680 a month. I live about 25 miles from my office in Atlanta, closer I get of course (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | (...) I'm not sure how salaries compare. I'm a graphic designer, so it's not like I make the big bucks. :^) My home is about 20 miles north of Seattle, WA, and most of the housing prices are severely overinflated here because of all the Microsoft (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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