Firecracker
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I don't think I'm allowed to say where exactly he's based onder:
But he was saying everything costs the same amount (houses, food, clothes, everything) but then the dollar is worth half the amount of a pound. So he paid 60 pounds to see a live soccer game, which would be about $120! That's insane.
No worries - I was thinking he'd probably be south east, i.e. London, Reading, Berkshire - very very expensive to live there, with house prices and transport. If he'd lived up north, I doubt he'd have said the same.
From what I've seen, DVDs and CDs etc are cheaper for you. For instance, iTunes US is $0.99/song, right? That's about 50p equivalent. We pay 79p. Clothes are also cheaper overall, I know people used to stock up on jeans and sunglasses etc when visiting NYC or Florida.
But without going myself, I couldn't say. The petrol prices I'd heard about, and some house prices through watching property shows where people emigrate to America.
£60 for the football is a lot - they might have been special seats though. Or for a major team (like Man Utd) - that'd be like paying to see the Knicks or Red Sox. Paying to see a 1st or 2nd division team like my local city would be significantly cheaper - a bit like paying to see maybe your city team.