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Cost of Lego vs. Cost of Living (was: A Parental Perspective)
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lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 19 Jul 2000 07:08:03 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Mark Sandlin writes:
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> > That's incredible. I pay $1120 per month for my 900 sq. ft. one-bedroom
> > home.
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> > Maybe I should move to Australia... I'd have more money for Lego. ;^)
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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?
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 in the Silicon Valley.
That's on the cheap side for here, other people I know are paying $1500 to $1600
per month for comparable lodgings. Of course, the median family income in this
area is about $70000 US per year...
So, what's our metric? Well, the current retail price for new Lego sets works
out to about $0.12 US per part. If an average Silicon Valley family were to
spend its entire annual budget on Lego at retail price :^) :^) :^) , they could
buy approximately 583,000 parts.
I'm about to move to Baltimore, Maryland, on the other side of the country. I
could rent lodgings to the above-mentioned condo for about $900 US per month --
about 70% of the Silicon Valley rent. *Median* wages there are lower, however *
professional* salaries do not vary much around the country. Thus, in order to
maximize Lego consumption, one should a) have a professional career, and b) live
somewhere where the housing costs are cheap. :^)
> For a family on a single average wage $175 AUS per week is a lot of
> money (in Australia).
This sentence is not clear. Are you saying that the median family income down
your way is $9100 AUS ($175 per week X 52 weeks)? Or that $175 AUS per week is
just a lot to spend?
> Deidre (just interested, not trying to start a standard of living flame
> war!)
> drb@tasmail.com
--
John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D.
Department of Structural Biology
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA 94305
Secretary, Californians for Renewable Energy <http://www.calfree.com>
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