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Originally Posted by irishgrl
ok, but someone please tell me if their Pound is worth twice as much as our dollar, how is that significantly different in terms of net cost? If they earn twice as much and pay twice as much then it looks like its about the same net cost between us. If I've missed something, please let me know.
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a couple posts up i posted that wiki article about median household income. according to that table, the MHI in the US in 2006 was $46,000 whereas in the UK in 2005 (i'm guessing that was the most recently available data) was $39,000. so they don't make twice as much as we do.