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8/16/2015 7:37:37 PM
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No but you do fail in your economics lesson to consider the cost of living. A major impact, honestly for what you say you pay you'd be lucky to get a one bed studio flat in the most shit hole of shit holes in the UK, you can expect to pay that a week pretty much anywhere. Your other flaw is that Bungie should charge the additional $12 for the content for regional taxes. Their original $40 price tag already has taxes etc. included, or would you argue the price should vary state to state for tax reasons as well?
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I'm lucky with my house price. I was paying $1200 a month (just rent) for a 3 bed 2 bath 1500sq ft house in phoenix, az. The $12 is the price hike is from yall having a higher cost of living not taxes. The OP said it was $62 compared to $40 here. The other $10 is probably taxes, greed, regulations etc...
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The price you were paying is still less, hell it's an amazingly good price when you convert. In the south your looking at animism of £800 for 2bed 1bathroom My point is that to compare on a such simplistic level without taking in other economic factors is just daft. Even looking at price of milk, price of bread etc. you need to understand other factors like tax etc.
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I understand them. It's just long winded to explain all that to people on here. Just looked up. London cost of living is 8% higher than New York and 63% higher than Denver (closest big city to me)
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Just a quick add when you stated about you pay approx $2.59 gallon, UK pay £5.23 a gallon, about $9, over 3 times the amount plus the tax on the purchase of cars etc. honestly look at the living costs. It's insane to compare the 2 as it is insane to compare any 2 countries. One of the reasons so any Brits go abroad for holiday isn't because of our shitty weather (some areas are alright) but because even on a lowing UK wage (avg is £24000 these days, recently up from 21k) is because we can live like kings for a week or two for much less than that would cost us at home.
