The cost of living in Sydney....

[The Axe]

Like they did with Setimata Sa and Jake Friend originally?

John, I thought you left this site until Feb next year. Welcome back

[chook 56]

John, I thought you left this site until Feb next year. Welcome back

That's what i thought.
maybe an "out of office" auto reply?

LOL

[The Axe]

That's what i thought.
maybe an "out of office" auto reply?

LOL

Maybe like the rest of us, he is addicted to this site and is going through withdrawal symptoms. Lol

[Guest]

Unreliable source.

lol

pay that

[Guest]

Unreliable source.

Yes jack I thought that was good too.

[roosterproud]

so what if you play for the cowards, do you get a pay cut as it is as cheep as chips up there in townsville

[Guest]

John, I thought you left this site until Feb next year. Welcome back

Honestly, it beats reading Peter Slipper talking about smashed tacos and squashed lotuses. And I was bored anyway.

It's like leaving a party before the end.

[redwhiteblue]

This cost of living is an urban myth. I've just come back after a year in Melbourne and what costs me $38 at Woolies Double Bay costs $50 at Woolies in Melbourne's CBD because I pretty much buy the same things every week. My health insurance premiums are now $13 a month cheaper in NSW than Victoria and what I pay for a yearly travel pass in Sydney would only get me 8 months worth of travel in Melbourne.

[Cockadoodledoo]

This cost of living is an urban myth. I've just come back after a year in Melbourne and what costs me $38 at Woolies Double Bay costs $50 at Woolies in Melbourne's CBD because I pretty much buy the same things every week. My health insurance premiums are now $13 a month cheaper in NSW than Victoria and what I pay for a yearly travel pass in Sydney would only get me 8 months worth of travel in Melbourne.

Obviously you missed that minor cost, being the cost of housing.

[davos]

This cost of living is an urban myth. I've just come back after a year in Melbourne and what costs me $38 at Woolies Double Bay costs $50 at Woolies in Melbourne's CBD because I pretty much buy the same things every week. My health insurance premiums are now $13 a month cheaper in NSW than Victoria and what I pay for a yearly travel pass in Sydney would only get me 8 months worth of travel in Melbourne.

I'm not sure what is more surprising, the fact that melbourne has higher prices than double bay, or how extremely low your budget is. $38 worth of groceries at woolies wouldn't even last me and my family for a single day, and I only have a family of 4 people.

Nah but on a serious note, I was more referring to the housing price. Many of the younger guys in our team have actual young families to raise and Mitchell Pearce has plenty of pussy cats to entertain

[stsae]

Obviously you missed that minor cost, being the cost of housing.

Thing is I can't recall us missing a single signing cos the cost of living in The Eastern Subs is too high mate.

I'd think the opposite would be the case. To be in your late teens or early 20s and get the chance to play footy and live in The Eastern Subs would/should be a massive pull in trying to attract talent???

Imagine your manager says at 18 we have two offers, Canberra or Easts, same $$$$, and you were from NZ or country NSW. I know where I'd go. And I wouldn't be thinking of saving a few bucks on rent that's for sure.

[Cockadoodledoo]

Thing is I can't recall us missing a single signing cos the cost of living in The Eastern Subs is too high mate.

I was no longer on the footballing discussion but just countering RWB's assertion that the high cost of living in the Eastern Suburbs compared to living in Melbourne (she did not say where) was a myth. I think it goes way beyond shopping for groceries at Woolies.

[Andrew Walker]

Obviously you missed that minor cost, being the cost of housing.

hahahahahaha One of you best

[stsae]

I was no longer on the footballing discussion but just countering RWB's assertion that the high cost of living in the Eastern Suburbs compared to living in Melbourne (she did not say where) was a myth. I think it goes way beyond shopping for groceries at Woolies.

Having moved from The Eastern Subs for that exact reason im hearing ya mate.

And I never shop at Woolies, I'm a Coles man, do do do do do do......

In fact today I was having this discussion with a young lady herself originally from Sydney, the price of living in a city compared to where I now call home, sunny Tweed Heads. There is no comparison really.

I haven't lived in Melba but have friends who moved down some 6 months ago. They dont pay rent as such but have said living costs, traffic, stress etc are comparable to Sydney in general.

I do know my sister in law pays 600 bucks a week rent for a shithole 2 br flat in Bondi I wouldn't let a dog live in. It's criminal.

I love visiting my old home, I will always be a Bondi Boy at heart, but fark me I would never move back there full time.

[redwhiteblue]

I was no longer on the footballing discussion but just countering RWB's assertion that the high cost of living in the Eastern Suburbs compared to living in Melbourne (she did not say where) was a myth. I think it goes way beyond shopping for groceries at Woolies.

I did say CBD. The housing is on par with Sydney in most areas and it's the every day things we have to put our hands in our pockets for (the insurance, fares, school fees, groceries etc) which are more expensive now in Melbourne than Sydney. So you are paying more essentially to live in an uglier, dirtier, colder city.