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**Butiqueso** · 09-22-2012, 04:13 AM

I'm talking about AUD$20,000 a month for a married couple with children servicing a mortgage in a so so suburb in Sydney Australia, yes you could live on less if your willing to live 50 kilometers from the centre of the city, but you will be spending 8 hours a day between you and your wife driving in your car to and from child care, grocery shopping and to work and back.
About a family living on 20,000 a year, well a family living off social welfare would get significantly more than that, so to live off that amount is ridiculous.

Maybe my mathematics is not as good as yours. You are saying you need at least half a million Thai Baht a month (AUD$20,000 = THB 564k ) to stay in Australia suburb? How many of your Australian friends are making that much every month? Is everyone driving a porsche in Australia suburb since it "only" costs around AUD$200k as compared to making AUD$20k a month. No wonder Australians are flocking to Thailand to rear cattles.

Last I checked, a two single storey home in most city outer suburbs cost around AUD$175k to AUD$300k. If one is making AUD$20k a month, he should be able to afford a new house once every 2 years.

09-22-2012, 04:13 AM	#9
Butiqueso Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 488 Senior Member	I'm talking about AUD$20,000 a month for a married couple with children servicing a mortgage in a so so suburb in Sydney Australia, yes you could live on less if your willing to live 50 kilometers from the centre of the city, but you will be spending 8 hours a day between you and your wife driving in your car to and from child care, grocery shopping and to work and back. About a family living on 20,000 a year, well a family living off social welfare would get significantly more than that, so to live off that amount is ridiculous. Maybe my mathematics is not as good as yours. You are saying you need at least half a million Thai Baht a month (AUD$20,000 = THB 564k ) to stay in Australia suburb? How many of your Australian friends are making that much every month? Is everyone driving a porsche in Australia suburb since it "only" costs around AUD$200k as compared to making AUD$20k a month. No wonder Australians are flocking to Thailand to rear cattles. Last I checked, a two single storey home in most city outer suburbs cost around AUD$175k to AUD$300k. If one is making AUD$20k a month, he should be able to afford a new house once every 2 years.
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