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davejsy reacted to CWBuff's post in the thread standard of living/quality of life in Spain with
Haha.
The purpose of the thread is that life in Spain is 123% less than the life in US while 8Euro beer in France is 67% more expensive than 6Euro beer does not matter where! ...WAIT.... :rolleyes: And here ends the Lesson of the DAY 😁 🤣 -
davejsy reacted to Peterexpatkiwi's post in the thread standard of living/quality of life in Spain with Haha.
Will somebody please take us back to the original purpose of this thread: "standard of living/quality of life in Spain". We appear to have strayed somewhat (how unusual for this forum... 🤷♂️) The worst of it is is that I started it by...
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davejsy replied to the thread standard of living/quality of life in Spain.But don't forget that 6 is 300% of 2🤣
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davejsy replied to the thread standard of living/quality of life in Spain.Yes I have realised my oversight there! I never was good at basic arithmetic!
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davejsy reacted to alexwalker's post in the thread The future regarding the CF: Food for thought? with Sad.
Here is my experience from this April/May. My first week was easy: No problems finding beds. But: From ca. 20th April, there was a significant change. It was all about reserving beds, and I just had to join that frenzy. It was not like any...
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davejsy reacted to J Willhaus's post in the thread The future regarding the CF: Food for thought? with Like.
I think it is really busy along parts of the CF right now (reports from hospis on the ground in some CF communities at the public albergues support this) and this is going to make people very stressed (both pilgrims and locals). Of course if you...
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davejsy replied to the thread standard of living/quality of life in Spain.Ok I'll have a go. 8-2 = 6 (the difference in cost) 2 (cost in Spain)/6 (difference in cost to France) as a percentage = 300% So the price you are paying is 300% cheaper than you would in France (in this example). This is basic arithmetic.
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davejsy replied to the thread standard of living/quality of life in Spain.That would actually be 55% cheaper - I think something has got lost in translation! Edit - the % is based on the higher number hence why it can be over 100% in other circumstances, ie. a pint of beer is 300% cheaper in Spain than France etc (2...
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davejsy reacted to CalgaryLynn's post in the thread standard of living/quality of life in Spain with Like.
I think you have to take into account too, the high end of a median income in the US.....there are many, many, many really wealthy people and that would skew the median up whereas in Spain there probably isn't the same numbers of wealthy...
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davejsy reacted to LTfit's post in the thread standard of living/quality of life in Spain with Like.
True. I've been living in The Netherlands for the past 30 years and have also lived in Paris, Geneva and Luxembourg so half of my life I've lived in Europe and the first half in the U.S. Work/life balance I have found to be much more healthy in...
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