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Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand
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lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au
Date: 
Tue, 18 Jul 2000 04:18:51 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Mark Sandlin writes:

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.   ;^)


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?

For a family on a single average wage $175 AUS per week is a lot of
money (in Australia).

Deidre (just interested, not trying to start a standard of living flame
war!)
drb@tasmail.com



Message has 2 Replies:
  Cost of Lego vs. Cost of Living (was: A Parental Perspective)
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
  Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 19-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
 
(...) 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 (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)

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