Reply to: scraping by on £120k

[MicrosoftBob]

Yep, I remember a few years ago that they wanted to set up special 'camps' for AIDS sufferers and they used to check foreigners passports on the trains when they crossed the Bavarian state border. Very nice people

Another famous Austrian liked to setup special camps, presumably they didn't fire up the ovens again to keep them warm

[BrilloPad]

I was asked once in broken English by passport officer if I was from Scotland, despite the thick accent.

Cos you are morbidly obese?

[scooterscot]

Cos they think you are a cigarette smuggler.

Nothing like a bit of racial stereotyping....

I was asked once in broken English by passport officer if I was from Scotland, despite the thick accent.

[SueEllen]

Sensible polices for a fairer society, why should the needs of the few out way the needs of the many.

I recall the passport business. I get the same treatment when from UK customs when returning from the Channel Islands.

Cos they think you are a cigarette smuggler.

Nothing like a bit of racial stereotyping....

[scooterscot]

Yep, I remember a few years ago that they wanted to set up special 'camps' for AIDS sufferers and they used to check foreigners passports on the trains when they crossed the Bavarian state border. Very nice people

Sensible polices for a fairer society, why should the needs of the few out way the needs of the many.

I recall the passport business. I get the same treatment when from UK customs when returning from the Channel Islands.

[BrilloPad]

I know, and I like it that way.

We like it that way too.

[darmstadt]

nice people then?

Yep, I remember a few years ago that they wanted to set up special 'camps' for AIDS sufferers and they used to check foreigners passports on the trains when they crossed the Bavarian state border. Very nice people

[OwlHoot]

INKSPE.

Um

"I n?ver kn?w suc? pove?ty exi?ted"

Nearly got it, but am totally stumped on the last couple of words

[Zero Liability]

well maybe if you can only get a minimum wage job you shouldnot squirt out sprogs you cannot afford...

just sayin loike

Someone had to!

[scooterscot]

Although Munich is quite nice, its still full of pig ******* right wing Bavarian *******

nice people then?

[darmstadt]

Still London is miles cheaper than Munich. A 3-bed flat near me is going for €2.4 million euro.

Although Munich is quite nice, its still full of pig ******* right wing Bavarian *******

[scooterscot]

London is a supercity Munich isn't .

I know, and I like it that way. More fresh air.

[SueEllen]

£120k is not that much today. Problem is people are thinking in 1990 prices and getting giddy at the thought of so much money. But it's not really.

Today an average house in London is £400k. So 3.5 x £120k and still it's out of reach by 1990 standard of acceptable borrowing levels.

Still London is miles cheaper than Munich. A 3-bed flat near me is going for €2.4 million euro.

Westminster isn't.

London is a supercity Munich isn't so prices vary across London. In the £400K average price are places like Illford which bring the average down.

[vetran]

£120k is not that much today. Problem is people are thinking in 1990 prices and getting giddy at the thought of so much money. But it's not really.

Today an average house in London is £400k. So 3.5 x £120k and still it's out of reach by 1990 standard of acceptable borrowing levels.

Still London is miles cheaper than Munich. A 3-bed flat near me is going for €2.4 million euro.

£120k puts you firmly in the top 5% for individual earnings.

most London houses are being paid for out of paper profits or overseas cash. I'm hoping it crashes soon.

[scooterscot]

£120k is not that much today. Problem is people are thinking in 1990 prices and getting giddy at the thought of so much money. But it's not really.

Today an average house in London is £400k. So 3.5 x £120k and still it's out of reach by 1990 standard of acceptable borrowing levels.

Still London is miles cheaper than Munich. A 3-bed flat near me is going for €2.4 million euro.