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Originally Posted by JB
The average Russian annual salary is a lot less than 12k
Well, I certainly didn't mean a bomzh kind of family. I meant a normal family. Anyone who earns less than 12K is a total loser.
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and 1 room flats in Moscow start at $50,000 (purchase price, old, no modern remont).
I find that dirt cheap.
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The new morgage plan (to help young families) that went into effect this year is still too expensive for most.
Not surprised, it's a ferkin scam, this plan.
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I know one young couple that has a baby that got a one room flat on this plan but their morgage is $600 each month for the next 15 years.
Like I said, that's dirt cheap. Anyone I know could easily afford it. But this plan is a ferkin scam. Personally I prefer upmarket property in respectable neighbourhoods. I don't fancy buying hovels in slum districts.
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Having babies is not out of fashion
It is. I know the latest trends far better than you do. I happen to live in Russia while you've only seen Russia on TV.
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just expensive and hard work.
Hard work? Since when is having sex hard work?
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Food is cheaper than in America
Of course it is. And a lot healthier too.
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(I pay about 600p a week for 2 people)
No way. 600p is nothing. I spend something like 7000p - 9000p for myself as a very bare minimum (my wife buys her own food) You can't possibly survive on less than a 1000p a day.
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but all other consumer goods are almost the same price in Moscow as they are in America.
Don't know about Moscow (and frankly, I couldn't care less), but in St Pete all consumer goods are of superior quality and cost far less than in America. Last week I bought a superb Loewe TV set for only a coupla thou for my new malachite bathroom.