Standard of living in UK better than in USA

Telegraph ^ | 1/7/2008 | Lucy Cockcroft

[Centurion2000]

Standard of living in UK better than in USA

Right ... try to buy an gun there.

[Henchster]

Their "Standard of Living" calculation ignores the fact that a house in England that most people in the U.S. would consider way too small, cold, drafty, and with crappy plumbing to boot, costs about five times as much as a decent tract home here. Add in the fact that most Brits drive a little sh!tbox car that would fit in the back of a pickup truck because gas is now $8.00 a gallon. The traffic in England makes Los Angeles seem like the open country, and the weather in England, well, say no more!

It's funny how every one of my relatives in England would give their right arm to live in the U.S., while I keep my red passport just for travel, I ain't EVER moving back.

[nutmeg]

Very interesting post in #26... thanks.

[agere_contra]

You are welcome :0)

[SoCal Pubbie]

I could make a bad joke about the poor state of British oral health and it’s affect on dental prices but I won’t. No sir, not me!

[ExpatGator]

Watch people’s feet, and where they lead them. Are there more people leaving the U.S for England, or is it the other way around? The answer to that is proof of overall standard of living.

[angcat]

Don’t mistakenly believe we aren’t inundated by muslim hordes.

Oh my friend I am very well read with it comes to Muslim Infiltration of America.

I was just being sarcastic.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

What a load!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

"free healthcare"

Tell that to the 108 year old Brit who has been put on an 18 month waiting list for a hearing aide.

[az_gila]

The price of that house in Manchester seems comparable to a similar house in the Seattle area. It looks like a very nice, upper-middle-class house with a big lot, and you could easily pay $538,000 or more for a similar house here. I’m not sure why the author points to the soaring cost of housing as a good thing; if it is, it’s only good for those who already have a house.

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I believe that is a semi-detached house in the picture - closest US terminology is a duplex.

You only get half of what’s in the picture for your money...

Even in Seattle, that’s not a good deal...:^)

[rfp1234]

[stuartcr]

Really? If you were a rich Brit stockbroker, you could probably live anywhere you wanted and do your business via computer. Poor janitors don’t get to travel much.

[jveritas]

Exactly, I have been in Britain many times and it is extremely expensive, Italy is not cheap either, in fact all of EU is much more expensive then here in the US. Thank God we live in America.

[ikka]

However the average British person may not feel richer than their US cousins as goods and services there are often vastly cheaper. So, despite earning less, the average American can buy more.

Buried the real information didn't they?

[ladyjane]

Yes, Lucy, it is so miserable here we have to build a wall along the Mexican border to keep citizens from fleeing.

[x_plus_one]

No need to feel bitter. This is more left wing propaganda designed to placate the UK masses who don't have anything near the quality of life found in the new world.

If you want hard facts google up real estate web sites and look at their housing stock - across all price ranges. You'll be shocked at how small, stale and unattractive their housing stock is compared to ours.

The Uk media is lower than a snake belly in a wagon rut when it comes to propaganda and disinformation against their own.

[upcountryhorseman]

The U.K. is a socilaist country. They have a computer system that shows the position of every vehicle on British
roads. They have cameras covering most public places in every town and city in the coutry. I question this evaluation: “standard of living better, etc.”

[upcountryhorseman]

The U.K. is a socialist country. They have a computer system that shows the position of every vehicle on British
roads. They have cameras covering most public places in every town and city in the country. I question this evaluation: “standard of living better, etc.”

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

No it isn’t. In the UK you aren’t allowed to defend yourself, your home, your family from invading criminals. You can be thrust into jail for saying anything at all that jihadis and other leftists don’t like.
That’s no standard of living!
I’ll take the USA.

[djsmith]

This article is absolutely a lie.

My husband is English by birth. His daughter, mother and sister still live in England and we go over twice a year. The level of taxation (in one way or another) is about 60% and climbing. Everything costs more. We have friends who come to Delaware just so they can get clothing for 66% less than what it costs in the UK.

Also, mostly all our friends pay for private Health Insurance. Other than preventive care, they feel it is necessary to go private for any kind of REAL health issue.

Everyone should remember that there is no free lunch.

Cheers,

Donna