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Everything is more expensive in the UK - salaries are higher too, compared to Europe.
by jokethrowaway 5y ago
Everything is more expensive in the UK - salaries are higher too, compared to Europe.
- iso1631 5y agoTrain fares aren't (although the tax payer in France pays far more for train services -- services which are pretty rubbish compared with the UK. Compare somewhere like Lesparre (population about 5,000 and 40 miles from Beudeux), which has about 10 trains a day taking 90 minutes. With Cononley (25 miles out of Leeds) with 4 trains in each direction the next hour.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoLondon might be a beacon, but UK has the poorest regions in Western Europe. In fact some ex-soviet countries do better https://highpaycentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/High_Pay_Centre_briefing_pdf.pdf https://highpaycentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/High_Pa...