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Subject:	Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand
Newsgroups:	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

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		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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