Guest Virginia Dawn Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 How does an ordinary person afford a million dollar house? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 How does an ordinary person afford a million dollar house? I would love to know that myself! I live surrounded by them and really would love to know where all these folks work. And how can my husband get a job with them! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 So how are plans coming now? August 1st is not that far away! On the journey back from Hong Kong to China, I managed to lose our passports and laptop. Embarrassing, and the only time I've lost passports in thirty years of overseas travel. It shows just how frazzled I am. Anyway, the British embassy in Beijing has come up with replacements very quickly, and I am all ready for the movers to come on Wednesday. The schedule is: July 9/10/11 - movers pick up our stuff in China July 12th/13th - saying goodbye to friends here July 14th - we can pick up our exit permits July 15th - fly to Hong Kong July 16th to 28th - run around Hong Kong doing last minute bureaucratic stuff and saying goodbye to friends July 29th - movers pick up our stuff in Hong Kong July 31st - fly out from Hong Kong August 1st - pick up car in Edinburgh and move into temporary accommodation in Fife. Slow and steady, slow and steady... Thanks for asking Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I would love to know that myself! I live surrounded by them and really would love to know where all these folks work. And how can my husband get a job with them! :lol: When you find out, could you let me know? I don't need a million dollar home, but a beach condo would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 How does an ordinary person afford a million dollar house? My brother is a computer programmer and his wife is a school administrator. I would definitely call them ordinary. Most things in the UK are more expensive than in the US, but wages are higher, and some areas of their lives are cheaper: They own one car, but rarely use it: he cycles to work (nine miles each way) and she walks (half an hour each way) Both daughters go to state (public) schools and travel there by public bus He has four or five weeks of vacation time: at least two of those weeks are spent working on the house - they can't afford to get someone to fix it for them. Vacations are usually within a couple of hundred miles of home - rarely do they take a ferry to France. Health care is covered by taxes - costs for the individual are relatively low. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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