England is so expensive.

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I just flew over from Ireland to England for a couple of days.

Jesus everything is so expensive in England! I felt like I burned through money.

I thought Ireland was pricy enough, but England is way more expensive.

I've come home, looked at my bank account and cried a little haha.

For example I got a train in Ireland before I left. It was 14 euro.

I got a train for the same distance in England. It was 40 pounds. It didn't even travel that far. And the guy in the train station told me that this was the best deal ticket "it was off peak"

Everything in the UK supermarket was so pricy.

I was just a little shocked. How are you all coping with it

The Economist has, what I think is a useful measure, which is how long does a person have to work to buy a cheeseburger?

This is not new information

I measure quality of life and wages like this but instead of cheesburger I use eggs. How many eggs can you buy for minimum wage thing

I pay £1.40 from the farmer for 6 free range eggs. My DSis buys (not quite such nice, fresh) eggs from M&S or Waitrose for £3.00 for six eggs. These are eating eggs, not cooking eggs.

We keep ducks in our garden and knowing what it costs us to keep them, especially with the increase in cost for food and straw this year alone, £1.40 is an absolute pittance. I can’t see how they can make a decent profit on that. Ours are for fun and pets, so making money doesn’t matter; but £3.00 actually sounds a lot closer to what it should be.

I read your title and thought 'ha you should come to Ireland so' but clearly you are here. I find it odd cos I think the UK is far cheaper. I am in Dublin though.

I would get a fright if I went to Dublin! Dublin prices are crazy. I'm in the West of Ireland.

I think ireland is nuts dear. I live an hr outside Dublin . Desserts in the local small town carvery type place are 6.85 euro.
Sandwixh and chips 10.95
Myself and a friend share a main and dessert when we meet up. Coffee from a crappy machine in the local shop is now 2.80 so england must be equivalent.
Down in a sea side town today in the west of ireland ( holiday spot) 53 euro for 3 coffees , 2 pancakes a salad ,goujons and chips. Like thats just brunch !!! Ireland is pricing itself put of tourism. I always found london expensive. We vetoed a weekend in london for the 4 of us in March as flights and a premier inn was workinh out at well.over a 1000 pounds for 2 nights.just too too expensive. Love going up to Bekfast shopping - still find the supermarlet alcohol way cheaper than the republic. Think hopping to the uk isint on the cards for a while !! My brother bought himself a malteser easter egg on Friday 17 euro!!!

@ComtesseDeSpair I know our eggs are inexpensive, but disagree that £3.00 would be closer to the real cost. That's the supermarkets' price, after wholesaler and retailer profit margins have been added on. Ours come from an honesty box by the gate, and we return the boxes for re-use. No transport costs, for example.

Our trains are ridiculous, the government love talking about more people using public transport. Yet it’s not cost effective

It's hard to compare as living there is different to visiting there. When we were living in Copenhagen people used to say about it being expensive. Eating out and drinking out was expensive- about 1/3rd higher, supermarket slightly higher apart from booze- which was around the same - other things were much cheaper than Uk, travel, toiletries, no council tax etc

Copenhagen is certainly right up there in this list
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/region_prices_by_city?itemId=2&region=150

It shows meals out in Irish cities as generally more expensive than Bristol so I think OP has been unlucky (or from Galway)

@mellicauli Yep- in Denmark it's because they have a very high unofficial minimum wage- anything involving personal service was very pricey- meals out, haircuts,cleaners etc , but on the balance side no council tax and very reasonable childcare etc. it's very easy to work asa parent, not so easy to go for loads of meals out etc!!!

Went to a nearby seaside town for lunch the other day. Town is in the SW, coastal but has seen better days. 4 people, independent cafe/greasy spoon 2 soups, a pizza, a lasagne, 4 hot drinks, 2 scoops of ice cream and another standard pud was nearly 70 quid!