Only in America?

[ctgirlscout]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Nostromo
I'll settle for PETROL at the same price as the US.
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OK--I'll bite--how much do you pay per gallon of gas?

[Robert5988]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:I wish my utility bills in the USA were available at the same cost they are in the UK.......having cheaper petrol goes no way towards making up the difference.......[/quote]

The cost of utilities is actually slightly cheaper for me in Florida.

For Electricity the cost over the last year has been 9.4cents.(5.2pence)per KWH. This is after all the additional charges and taxes. Use more and the unit cost comes down slightly. In UK after 5% VAT I pay just over 6p per KWH.

My phone rental(again with all taxes) costs $19.50 a month(£10.60) which is the same as my BT line - but in Florida local calls are free.

Dial-up or DSL internet is also cheaper in Florida than UK.

[AndyC]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by ctgirlscout
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Nostromo
I'll settle for PETROL at the same price as the US.
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OK--I'll bite--how much do you pay per gallon of gas?
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Based on a UK gallon having 4.5 litres and a generous exchange rate of around $1.77 to the £1 I would estimate about $6.40 for a UK gallon (not sure if US gallon is larger or smaller)

Pretty cheap eh!!![V][V][V]

[Nostromo]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by ctgirlscout
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Nostromo
I'll settle for PETROL at the same price as the US.
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OK--I'll bite--how much do you pay per gallon of gas?
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Let's see. We pay about 82p ( $1.50 roughly) for a LITRE of 'gas'. US gallons are 4 lites and so I guess we pay about $6 per gallon in the UK! I think that's over 3 times what we paid recently in Orlando.

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Robert5988
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:I wish my utility bills in the USA were available at the same cost they are in the UK.......having cheaper petrol goes no way towards making up the difference.......[/quote]

The cost of utilities is actually slightly cheaper for me in Florida.

For Electricity the cost over the last year has been 9.4cents.(5.2pence)per KWH. This is after all the additional charges and taxes. Use more and the unit cost comes down slightly. In UK after 5% VAT I pay just over 6p per KWH.

My phone rental(again with all taxes) costs $19.50 a month(£10.60) which is the same as my BT line - but in Florida local calls are free.

Dial-up or DSL internet is also cheaper in Florida than UK.
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My FL bills are a lot lower then my MA ones.......when I'm down there for a month or so....
My MA gas bill is $1700 a winter in the States.....
My English one was under 75 pounds a quarter in winter.........both houses have gas heating.....I remember being warm in winter in England.....
Electricity for me in MA.....is around $480 winter........$1134 summer....I can't remember my bills back home for that off hand......but it was a lot lot lot lower......

[Nostromo]

I think most utilities are cheaper in the USA although not by the big difference in fuel prices. Our shopping bills in Publix or Winn-Dixie were proportionately less than Sainsburys or Tesco. OTC medications were definitely cheaper. Wal-Mart seemed cheaper than any similar store in the UK. Other things like clothing, footwear, toileteries etc are also cheaper in the US. So where do we draw the line?

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Nostromo
I think most utilities are cheaper in the USA although not by the big difference in fuel prices. Our shopping bills in Publix or Winn-Dixie were proportionately less than Sainsburys or Tesco. OTC medications were definitely cheaper. Wal-Mart seemed cheaper than any similar store in the UK. Other things like clothing, footwear, toileteries etc are also cheaper in the US. So where do we draw the line?
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My shopping bill doubled when I moved here.......I miss Asda.....[msncry][msncry][msncry][msncry]

[Nostromo]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:
My shopping bill doubled when I moved here.......I miss Asda.....[msncry][msncry][msncry][msncry]
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Could that be because there is a greater temptation to shop in America? All thos huge adverts practically begging us to go in etc? We found ourselves buying stuff that we would never have even contemplated in the UK, even while on holiday.[msnembarrased]

[Robert5988]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:I think most utilities are cheaper in the USA although not by the big difference in fuel prices. Our shopping bills in Publix or Winn-Dixie were proportionately less than Sainsburys or Tesco. OTC medications were definitely cheaper. Wal-Mart seemed cheaper than any similar store in the UK. Other things like clothing, footwear, toileteries etc are also cheaper in the US. So where do we draw the line?[/quote]

Agreed about the Utilities - I said in my reply to Chrizzy that they were "slightly cheaper" for me.

I find that many items of food - particularly fruit and veg - are more expensive in Publix and Winn-Dixie than UK supermarkets but, as you say, that is counter-balanced by many of the non-food items. It is strange that OTC medications are cheap, but prescription drugs have the highest prices in the world.

What I would trade for UK are property taxes charges.

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Robert5988
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:I think most utilities are cheaper in the USA although not by the big difference in fuel prices. Our shopping bills in Publix or Winn-Dixie were proportionately less than Sainsburys or Tesco. OTC medications were definitely cheaper. Wal-Mart seemed cheaper than any similar store in the UK. Other things like clothing, footwear, toileteries etc are also cheaper in the US. So where do we draw the line?[/quote]

Agreed about the Utilities - I said in my reply to Chrizzy that they were "slightly cheaper" for me.

I find that many items of food - particularly fruit and veg - are more expensive in Publix and Winn-Dixie than UK supermarkets but, as you say, that is counter-balanced by many of the non-food items. It is strange that OTC medications are cheap, but prescription drugs have the highest prices in the world.

What I would trade for UK are property taxes charges.
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Property tax is high in some parts of the USA..FL for one...we are looking at places in VA where its only $250 a year .....