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Is the UK more in line with the norm though and the US is the outlier? I would say the UK, Europe, and Japan all have similar wages (although Japan has worse benefits and on the whole a larger expectation of workers so it's not like for like.)
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blitzar | parent | next
> Is the UK more in line with the norm though and the US is the outlier

Mostly the US is an outlier. Unfortunately, UK property prices, food prices, utilities etc make Silicon Valley look cheep.

gambiting | root | parent | next
Not disagreeing with your general point, but UK food is very cheap, compared to almost anywhere in western europe and nowadays with the states too.
BoxOfRain | root | parent | next
It feels like it's got more expensive though, and worse quality. A lot of the garlic I've had this year has been in a sorry state to use a random example, and as well as food you buy to cook things like fish and chips which used to be a cheap takeaway meal cost a fortune now.

The depressing thing is that it'd rise a lot more if supermarkets weren't using their weight to squeeze farmers.

Xelbair | root | parent
UK's food, not eating out mind you, is on par with even eastern europe in some cases.
ablation | root | parent
That's a boring, played-out stereotype that wasn't even true 30 years ago, let alone now. If you've never set foot in a UK supermarket I could see you perhaps still languishing under this delusion.
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swarnie | root | parent
But no, food is incredibly cheap.

Its true i can't eat steak 4 nights a week as god intended but we manage to scratch cook 3 meals a day for 2 people for £70 a week, £85 with a wine pairing.

If you want to forgo eight different vegetables and four different proteins im sure you can do it for less.

I know too many people complaining "food is expensive" when all they live off is gas mark 6 / 25 mins beige rubbish.

dukeyukey | root | parent
>Unfortunately, UK property prices, food prices, utilities etc make Silicon Valley look cheep.

That's not true - UK food is _very_ cheap, and overall living costs are quite a lot less than the UK. Property is the real killer in the UK (and eating out I suppose).

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