cabledogg2 wrote on May 3
rd, 2008 at 4:29pm:
With all the talk about the U.S. economy tanking and gas / food / electric / etc prices on the increase i was wondering? How much are ROers outside the states paying for Gas , Milk , Electricity.....etc. Are we americans just a bunch of whiners? I live outside of Wash D.C. and gas in my area for low grade is $3.71 a gallon , a gallon of milk is $3.69 , it costs me roughly $220.00 a month to power and heat/cool my home. Cable tv/ phone/ high speed internet run me about $120.00 a month...What say you? As Bill Oreilly would say................
Petrol in the UK has just topped £5 a gallon for the first time, I believe...so thats about $10.
I think our quarterly electric bill is about £120. Broadband internet is about £80 per quarter and the home phone bill is about £17 a month. Satellite TV can be anything up to about £45 a month, depending on whether you get the movie and sports channels. The TV licence, which is compulsory if you own a TV set, is about £140 a year. Then we have other household taxes like rates/council tax, depending on where you live, the amount of which depends on the size of your home. This is several hundred pounds a year at least
Wages are generally a bit behind what theyd be in the US so I reckon you guys arent doing too badly.