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Originally Posted by JMBroad
So:
John in Spain:
Apartment (1 bed) - 1 person
No air conditioning
3 machine washes per week
PC always on
TV on maybe 1.5 hours every two weeks (to watch a DVD)
Cook 2-3 meals a week all electric
Ralphj in Brazil:
Apartment (assuming 2 bed) 2-3 persons
Air conditioning
2 TV's
One PC
2 machine washes a week
Cooking on gas
Graham in England:
3 bed terrace house 2 persons
Gas central heating, gas fire
2 tv's 6 hrs/day
PC on all day
3 machine washes per week
Cooking on Gas
Standard fees:
John in Spain: 75 € / month (1 person) only electric
Graham in UK: 88 € / month (2 persons) uses a lot of gas
Ralph in Brazil: 98 € /month (2-3 persons) all electric except cooking, air conditioning
We should add the gas charges in as well to get a better idea.
Anyone else want to join in? Perhaps someone in the US or another European country?
So far I think Brazil is proving to be cheaper considering Ralph uses Air Conditioning which neither Graham and I use and services more people than both Graham and myself.
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Originally Posted by RalphJ
I now live in a large house, but still, only my fiance and myself and daughter twice a week. Pretty much same deal as my apartment only we use and electric lawn mower to mow the lawn once per week......my bill has been as low as 550 reais a month up to 1,000 reais.
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550 to 1000 reais unfortunately is not 98 euros, but 218 to 397 euros!!!
And thank the good lord for the warm weather here. I wouldn't want to imagine my energy and/or gas bills for heating homes here. And even scarier, what would everyone do here when the electricity and/or gas goes down as it so commonly does?
Once again, cost/benefit. Imagine paying close to or in many cases more than what you pay in England, Europe, or the U.S. and your products/services being of low quality and unstable, problematic and difficult to resolve problems. Look at the chart on Globo.com that I posted concerning Brazil and the "ease of doing business and open markets". They address many of these issues such as infrastructure, taxes, security, etc. This is called "Custo Brasil"!!