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Survey: More Than 1 In 4 Americans Feel They Need To Make $150,000 Or More To Live Comfortably (www.bankrate.com)

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[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Europeans also buy little glasses for Timmy and such. I don't think the price of those kind of things is much different. Same for utilities, phone and TV. The one I'm most uncertain about is utilities, but I believe electricity at least is usually cheaper in america.

The car one is fair. Although it's true that in Europe there's also tons of people on cars, public transit is at least a valid option, unlike in much of the US.

Taxes is not though. Taxes in america are usually way lower than in Europe.

So transportation+healthcare are the only expenses that are clearly more expensive in america. Housing being highly dependant on location is hard to compare nation-based. And it's also the biggest component. I'd be curious to see the actual "living wage" difference between two places, one Europeans and another American with similar housing prices.

[–] SaintNyx@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

There are cost of living calculators that give very basic averages of areas. I can tell when I lived in NC I paid about 30$ for car insurance. But when I lived in Detroit MI I payed about 300$. Monthly. That was about 7-8 years ago. Apartments in my small little town in PA are going for about 1500-1800$ for a 1 bedroom apartment. For healthcare I pay about 200$ a week. That's for a family of 3.