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It may be cheap to own a house in SOME places in the US, but others are insane.
In my area, unless I'm willing to deal with stray bullets occasionally, the
cheapest I will find a 2BR house that doesn't need a TON of work is over $400K, and
nearing $500K.
Needless to say, I'm saving for a house ELSEWHERE right now.
Lester Witter wrote:
> My overall personal rate of taxation is about 30-35% of Gross income as opposed
> to nearly double that in some places. And let's not even get into how cheap it
> is to own a house in the US
>
> > "Eric Brok" <e.c.t.brok@nospamplease.kpn.com> wrote in message
> > news:GzE6Jn.5no@lugnet.com...
> > > In europe (Netherlands) the new Spybotics are listed EUR 90, which equals
> > > over USD 90.
> > > In the US this same product in the same shop is listed USD 60. A • difference
> > > of USD 30, one-third of the price!
> > >
> > > So in effect, since shop.lego.com only allows purchases for our own • country,
> > > we should order this product from e.g. Amazon.com instead of shop.lego.com
> > ?!
> >
> > Same for UK. £59.99 which equals $93 - slightly more.
> >
> > Rip off.
> >
> > Lawrence
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| (...) insane. (...) $400K, and (...) Move to Saline MI For illustrative purposes, only, not for sale 1650 SqFt 4 BR 2 Bath Full LEGO storage area (basement) It's a ranch 2-1/2 Car garage and plenty of street parking (no meters) Best public schools (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) The issue might have to do with taxes. There are no VAT or in most cases sales taxes (for mail order purchases) in the US. I also think corporate income tax is lower. In spite of all the complaining some people do in the US, we have the lowest (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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