We're doing fine...
Posted Aug 6, 2018, 11:17 AM UTC
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Wonder what the average cost of living is In these countries, that'll put it into perspective.
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Zero context? What are we looking at?
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Count of penguins in zoos
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"Net Average Monthly Salary in Europe"
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I'm sorry I used the "crosspost" function of reddit and I hoped it would add a link to the original thread. My bad. :(
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Alternatively we can view this as cheap counties for holidays.
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Doesn't really mean anything without PPP.
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Well according to that we are top 4 in Europe, top 2 in the Euro zone
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Absolutely. One thing I am not fully sure of is if PPP calculates property cost. Numbeo is fairly accurate for cost of living.
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You are not really comparing the same thing on Numbeo, you are comparing Dublin to London not UK to Ireland
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It was just an example.
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Of course we're behind Denmark!
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Also average is not median. Like, look at Switzerland.
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What's the median?
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The middle earner, 50th percentile.
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Thanks.
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No prob, though I (now) suspect you were looking for a number.
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The reason the median is often considered more important than the average is because people with huge incomes can skew the average.
If you took a group where 99 people earn 20'000 a year and one earns 100 million then the average would be over 1 million.
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there's a thing call inflation
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Christ that's some contrast between neighbouring Germany , Poland and Ukraine.
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Yeah but 'full-time' singer-songwriters who take long hiatuses aren't being looked after ahead of the low and middle income workers so it's obviously a hellhole.
Ireland has many problems but that's life. The housing crisis and re-organizing the healthcare sector to be more professional and well run need to be priorities.
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Yeah I don't understand this argument about artists and what not. Yeah the city needs some character and entertainment and can't just be corporate dross, but if you're self employed you take the risk of your earnings not being consistent or reliable enough. It's never been easier in human history to work for yourself with the mediums of exposure online, the only excuse is not working hard enough, which I understand sounds very "Tory" but it's the truth. You can work a shitty retail job from 9-5 and still have 4-5 hours a day to work on your craft from 6-10/11. If you're passionate enough about your art then you'll do it.
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It’s not like there isn’t a great art and fashion scene in Dublin anyways. There’s loads of character to the city. A few well dressed people in suits doesn’t change that.
We might not be world leaders but we’re pretty good. If anything the government should be promoting Galway as the art city of Ireland because of the picturesque location and strong Irish culture there already.
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Do it again after subtracting average rent
It's still higher than most countries when you look at the map that has the buying power adjusted. And from living in Germany, France, Spain and Australia, my rent here is the highest I had but I still live a better life.
Then just be a landlord, duh.