[ILUG-Social] Re: Cost of life comparison

[Dave Neary]

On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, John P . Looney wrote:

    > Comparing some everyday products it seems to me that life is 20-30% more
    > expensive, but home lettings and transportations (Bus/DART) are quite the
    > double. For a single bed apartment, with kitchen, living room, etc.. 800
    > pounds/month, could you confirm ?
    
     A one-bedroom apartment is around £600 a month. You can get two bedroom
    ones for around £650, and three bedroom ones for £850 - these all differ,
    obviously, but not by as much as you would expect. Food is moderately
    expensive - it's about 40% more than Berlin, and 20% less than London, if
    that's a help. Eating out is slightly expensive; it's difficult to get a
    decent main meal for under £9. Alcohol is getting more expensive too,
    averaging around £2.60 for 550ml of lager.


I've found (in my own limited experience) that it's possible to get a
single bedroom apartment near(ish) the city centre, on the north side, for
around IR450-550. You should get a really nice place for 600. On the
button with food and beer...compared with Italy, you can probably expect
to pay double for fresh fruit & veg, canned goods are slightly more
expensive, fish & meat are about the same. Bottled & canned alcohol is a
huge amount more expensive than Italy, but drinking out isn't vastly more
expensive (although it is more expensive) iirc, a 200ml glass of beer in
Italy was around 1000 lire, which would make a pint about 3000l, IR1.50.
    
    Kate

Dave.    

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