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and sort of related, a typical meal in Greece at a nice restaurant is maybe 50 euros for 2 people with a drink and dessert -
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while some of these walk in places have souvlaki wraps for under 4 euros that are like a full meal
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cheap then? everything is expensive as fuck here -
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wizer:
When it comes to money, living in Greece is like reverse inflation going back 10 years with the notable exceptions being gas prices and groceries are similar to US (but not going out to eat)
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wizer:
AND.. there's no tipping, so another 20% or so savings right there
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wizer:
Had a plumber here unclogging a main line he worked for 2 hours. 50 euros. Furnace guy was here a couple of hours replaced an oil line, cleaned, serviced the burner replaced the nozzle, 60 euros. Electrician repaired outside lights and 2 transformers, about 100 euros
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Adam Hitler:
Wow. Very cheap.
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wizer:
In the US, I had to pay my own health insurance, close to $1000 per month with a $7000 deductable
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wizer:
here its 200 euros per year for insurance and if you go to a private doctor the visits are about 25 euro each
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wizer:
my recent hand surgery was done by a plastic surgeon and a hand surgeon. 500 euros.
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wizer:
this is the view from my front door. Our villa cost 250,000 euros.
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wizer:
where can you get a view like that anywhere else in the world for less than a million bucks
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south America? Lol dunno
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Adam Hitler:
definitely not here thats for sure
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wizer:
Perhaps but then you gotta fight off the natives
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Adam Hitler:
property prices are insane here, particularly around London
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wizer:
Ah you're in the UK didn't know that although I figured it's somewhere in Europe
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wizer:
A bigger problem is the weather, no? Lots of clouds and rain and colder temps?
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Adam Hitler:
yeah weather is shit most of the time. We get perhaps 2 or 3 months of decent weather in summer. It rarely gets "hot" though, maybe a couple of weeks in a year.
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wizer:
That blows. Especially when you're retired and you want to get out more. At least you got fish and chips
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Adam Hitler:
thats why a lot of our retired folks emigrate to sunnier climes. Spain is a favourite
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wizer:
and Brits have to deal with visa issues just like the US due to Brexit. If we didn't purchase property here or invest 400,000 euros in Greek bonds we'd be limited to 90 days per 180 day period
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Fredricka:
We really fucked up those jet setters with brexit, haha
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wizer:
Brexit really screwed up 100s of thousands of petsitters on TrustedHouseSitters.com which is Uk based
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wizer:
we get sitters from that platform when we travel. They get to stay for free and the host gets free house/pet sitting services but it's tough for Uk sitters and they have similar issues with the US (as do other countries) but Uk is isolated from US and Europe
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