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Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand
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Date: 
Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:48:43 GMT
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From: "Deidre Rushton Brumby" <drb@tasmail.com>

If it helps a bit to put those prices in perspective, $175 is 2 weeks
groceries
for a family of 3-4, 1 weeks childcare, 1 weeks rent or mortgage repayment on
a standard family 3 bedroom home with a yard, a season's set of new children's
clothes.  It is also more than enough to buy 2 brand new children's bicycles,
or a quality 3 swing set for the backyard.


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



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  Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand
 
(...) 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? (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)

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(...) I live in Australia, and of course, I can only write from my observations of other parents in Australia. I am not a Mum in Canada, or the US, or anywhere else so I can't write from that perspective. Lego _is_ hideously expensive here. Many (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)

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