[LRUG] UK salaries? Just curious...

[Alvaro Perez]

I guess the problem here is that even 30K+ salary workers cannot
afford to go out every weekend, whereas in other parts of the country
and in other countries is possible even for students, in spite of the
higher wages in absolute figures here. That applies as well to other
things not only parties and alcohol (that is a basic necessity
indeed!). I understand what Kenneth means, but I think London is
pretty cool anyway.

This is my first post in the group, so hello everyone ;)


2008/3/7, Daniel Tenner <daniel.ruby at tenner.org>:
> Drinking beers is cheap, almost anywhere in London. Even bars aren't
>  that expensive (even £4/bottle is bearable unless you're a certified
>  alcoholic!... 6-7 bottles will be less than £30)
>
>  It's the cocktails that really slaughter your bank account. At £8-10 a
>  pop for most decent places, you can easily find yourself 50 quid out
>  of pocket for a single round. Buy two rounds, + entrance ticket of
>  £20, and a cab ride back home, and there's your £150 night not
>  including dinner! Have one of those a week and you'll be bankrupt
>  pretty fast.
>
>  But as long as you stay away from that, it's not so expensive...
>
>  Daniel </about 4 years of failing to 'stay away from that'>
>
>
>  On 7 Mar 2008, at 11:457 Mar 2008, Dan Webb wrote:
>
>  >> Everything else might be true, but in Central London the frugal
>  >> boozer
>  >> need only seek out one of the many fine Sam Smith's pubs.
>  >
>  > Yeah, I think the booze prices in London are a bit of a myth.  If you
>  > stick to decent, run of the mill pubs the prices are the same as
>  > everywhere else in the country.  Its only if you got to those naff
>  > posh bars that there's a difference.
>  >
>  > Wow, this is getting like the pub standards list.
>  >
>  > Btw, Kevin...nice URL you got there :)
>  >
>  > --
>  > Dan Webb
>  > http://www.danwebb.net
>  >
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>  > skype: danwrong
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