[SleepyCat]

Vancouver:
Expensive->insurance,fed/pronv taxes(property tax etc.),fixing a car(buying new tires or changing a new engine etc.), college/university tuition

Things like food you could save,but things like the above coule be expensive and you can't get away from it.

In Taiwan, the expensive expenses in Van are less expensive. That's what I heard from friends/parents.

In Vancouver, you earn a lot but paying for these costs, how much can you actually save? I've been wondering about this question lately! But in Taiwan, you don't earn as much,but you also get more desire to spend money. So you don't save much in taiwan as well. It's confusing!

So, what do you think?

[benyaoguai]

vancouver

just cuz... the most basic stuff for living are more expensive than tw

esp food!!!
and clothing...

our hourly wage is a lot higher.. =.= but our tax is a lot higher too........

so vancouver's more expnsive!!!!! goddamn it!!


but can't exactly deny that it's really one of the most comfy environment to live in though

I think it depends ba... you can live a lifestyle in TW that can be quite expensive too....

but if we're talking about just the basic aspects of daily life... then yeah I guess Vancouver would be more expensive to live in.

Did you know that it actually more expensive to live in Vancouver then it is to live in Toronto? Real Estate here in Vancouver is the highest in the nation...

[righ]

有交女朋友開銷最大:laugh:

如果住在台灣ㄉ話
有很多小東西很便宜
但是越買越多
到最後反而會花ㄅ少錢
吃東西在台灣絕對是比較貴的
除非你喜歡吃路邊攤泡麵或是調味很重很油的餐廳
如果在台灣要開車的話
保險先ㄅ列入計算
還要加油(台灣又比較會塞車)
洗車也是必要的
就算一次一百
一年下來也洗掉好幾千ㄅ
衣服方面
百貨公司只有在特價ㄉ時候才有低於1000的衣服ㄅ=_=
除非ㄋ覺得可以每天穿地攤貨過日子

還有加拿大菸賣很貴
所以抽煙ㄉ人還是住台灣比較好:laugh:

[miyakeyumi]

個人覺得台灣也沒有便宜多少
以環境來說
我還是喜歡溫哥華
雖然有一點貴
不過可以便宜的時候買
也可以省不少錢

[nike23spoon]

I think it depends ba... you can live a lifestyle in TW that can be quite expensive too....

but if we're talking about just the basic aspects of daily life... then yeah I guess Vancouver would be more expensive to live in.

Did you know that it actually more expensive to live in Vancouver then it is to live in Toronto? Real Estate here in Vancouver is the highest in the nation...

and gas price here is higher than Toronto as well

[water]

imo 溫哥華基本開銷比較大光食物和普通衣著方面就比台灣貴很多
如果說你要比台灣專買名牌那就另當別論~
不過這邊普通一件t-shirt就可以20幾塊，台灣加幣5塊錢也可以給你買一件不錯的上衣了

如果你有想要省在台灣會比在溫哥華省~
可是如果你是那種沒事看到便宜的東西就會想買的那在溫哥華會比較省(因為沒什麼東西是便宜的)

[CK]

well....based on economic data.

living standard in canada is much beter than in twn.
i think living standard is adjusted for wage difference and relative price level difference.

so according to the data, it's relatively cheaper to live in canada.

[Mucha]

看基本薪資啊
TW: NT 60上下 = CAD 2.20
VAN: CAD 8.00 = NT 220
差快四倍
吃最基本的
TW: NT 35 = 1.50
VAN: CAD 4.00 = NT110

我想 老話一句
錢不看賺多少 是看省(存)多少

會敗家的 住哪都一樣吧

[CK]

看基本薪資啊
TW: NT 60上下 = CAD 2.20
VAN: CAD 8.00 = NT 220
差快四倍
吃最基本的
TW: NT 35 = 1.50
VAN: CAD 4.00 = NT110

我想 老話一句
錢不看賺多少 是看省(存)多少

會敗家的 住哪都一樣吧

yup....that's very good data.

let's just look at how much basic food we can buy with min wage (wage/food).

TW: 60/35=1.71
CDN: 8/4=2

2/1.171-1=70.8%
or with the same min wage, cdns can buy 71% more basic foods than twn.

just looking at the costs of various goods don't really answer the Q.