That's £1.50 (US$2.30). Not for a bag. Not for a pair. Each. One lime cost £1.50. Infuriated, I stormed out of the shop, limeless."
From here .
Only 70 cts. in Switzerland!
Tom
" Limes: $2.25. Two Australian dollars, twenty-five cents.
This is so funny I have lost count of the number of posts where I have stated switzerland is equal or cheaper then Australia.
Overall cost of living here is actually well below that of australia
Well, for some of the real food I make, I need a dozen limes or so!
Tom
So you are getting a bargain buying them here
http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living...try2=Australia
Australia is expensive but not as expensive as Switzerland overall. Some things are bonkers prices in Oz, like bananas especially given flooding in Qld but beef and dining out is way cheaper.
Of course the biggest thing is where you live. This link seems to indicate rent is higher in Oz but I guess that depends where you live on both sides I guess as my home town is way cheaper to rent a 4 bedroom house than what this link says and way way cheaper to rent anything like that here in Zug.
Taxes are lower in Switzerland, overall standard of living higher in Switzerland according to the link.
Interest rates are high in Australia, if you get on top of your mortgage it will make a big difference to your quality of life.
Where I am from also has a large mining industry with above average wages. Most people I know involved in that could never attain that standard of living given their qualifications here in Switzerland
PS a lot of Australia`s expensiveness internationally also has to do with the strength of the exchange rates at the moment. Like Switzerland the Australian currency is unusually strong.
OK, but food in CH is not the most expensive thing (depending upon the item - e.g. bread - I consider it even damn cheap), prices +- the same for 20 years now.
I don't understand the hype about Australia, I mean what is there so exciting, no idea, they cannot even afford a decent fire department (what is that? Even Greece has). Far away from everything, except the water (but from many places in Australia, even water is far away). There's a reason why the Brits sent their convicts over there ...
Thanks for posting the link. People do seem to think of Australian as relaxing place with lots of BBQs and the great outdoors, but the fact is you have to work so hard that you can't really enjoy it. Long work hours plus a long commute is common place. 2 cars became an essential with us working in different directions and away from good transport connections or through train stations I wouldn't dare step foot out of after dark (such as Granville or Redfern).
Our main food staples of bread, milk, yogurt and fruits (especially bananas) were more expensive when we last visited in April 2012. Milk has gone down in price due to the Supermarket price competition. The price of cheese and beer are more too and I see the same Aussie wines selling for less in Coop than in Oz Electronics are cheaper here too.
I have to agree that Australia is getting too expensive but I would swap cheap yogurt and bread for a decent steak once a week, or for some seafood that had flavour wasn't farmed in Vietnam.
My Swiss wife missed cheese when we lived in Oz as it was prohibitive to buy decent cheese and yes Oz wine is often cheaper here thanks to criminal wine taxes in Oz.
We are going back next week, two seafood BBQ's planned in the first week. Can't wait to have a decent coffee either having not had one for nearly two years since arriving here.
I wouldnt swap steak for healthier food, never liked steak in the first place but agree that good seafood is a plus
Bread is healthier than steak??
Chicken, spuds, turkey, yoghurt, plus overall healthier lifestyle
Steak only brings on early heart disease and should be double the price it is to reduce consumption
And yes bread is a damn sight healthier for you then steak
Not sure if I agree with you there Wallabies. Yogurt here is packed with sugar, bread is full of bad carbs.
Chicken in CH is about CHF30 per kilo vs AUD9 in Oz.
I have been piling it on since I got here thanks to the change from meat/seafood/chicken and salad for most meals to pasta, etc. Also haven't quite figured out how to exercise in the cold. Probably need some HTFU supplements so common in Oz sport at the moment.
Have you not heard of skiing great winter exercise.
Also your chicken prices are way off! We pay 15CHF a kilo at most here regularly and usually jump over the boarder and pay 7CHF a kilo
Dont believe me here is chicken for 6.90CHF a kilo and these prices are regular here unless you are one of thoses who go to Migros or COOP
I have heard of skiing actually, sadly just not that good at it.
Cherry picking a bit here: Steak or Bread .
Love to know where you are getting your chicken from if you don't mind sharing. CHF30 comes from Coop
Just got your Aldi update. Thanks
Also Lidls do chicken, turkey and seafood at prices extremely similar to Aldis.
Skiing just practice I was a none skier when I got here now I mix it with everyone on the big runs
I pay 8chf for a 1.6kg chicken at aligro, around 11chf in coop. Of course if I go to a high market butchers to get a high end free range corn fed chicken such as a poulet de bresse then its going to be quite expensive.
30, where do you pay that, CHF 9/kg is what I'm used to paying at Migros and Coop.
Tom
Chicken breast fillet at Coop and Migros over 30chf per kilo up here. I think there is a class A and class B (which is cheaper) but as Wallabies said Aldi and Lidl cheaper again.
So we don`t need to go over the border just over the mountains for cheaper chicken then?
Skinless boneless chicken breast is in the CHF 30-36 range. Whole chickens are in the CHF 9-15 range.
(Buy whole, and make a nice soup broth out of the carcass... )
Prices are pretty similar at Migros, Coop and the local butcher.
(You type faster than I do, Brian. )
Indeed, either I cook it on the bone, or spend 10 minutes to bone it myself and use the carcass for stock, much tastier and a fraction of the price.
Tom