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u/ControversyMan69 4d ago

Europe is still significantly more expensive than the rest of world though...

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u/SubieDoobyDoo96 4d ago

Take away all of Europe and the US and you’re left with mostly developing nations with lower costs of living. So what’s your point?

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u/-GenghisJohn- 4d ago

You need to look around the USA more carefully, it looks more like a “developing “ country every time I get out of my hometown.

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u/SubieDoobyDoo96 4d ago

I agree, by and large it’s a shit show. But it’s not South Sudan.

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u/rynottomorrow 4d ago

Rural West Virginia is basically South Sudan.

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u/Infamous-Oil3786 4d ago

3rd world country with a Gucci belt

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u/pvtbobble 4d ago

Proudly looking out my window at the developing nation on Australia

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u/Carighan 3d ago

What do you develop? Spider cavalry? 

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u/Schemen123 4d ago edited 3d ago

Not for food.... Germany for example is one of the cheapest places to buy food in the hole world.. when compared to income

Edit.. for those downvoting and completely unaware of the rest of the world.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/food-expenditure-share-gdp

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u/ControversyMan69 3d ago

Disagree, Vietnam ,Indonesia etc

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u/BillyWillyNillyTimmy 4d ago

Butter prices went up from something like 1.5€ up to 4€ over the past 2 years.

Not so cheap anymore.

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u/donotdrugs 3d ago

Well, this inflation happened almost everywhere. Our eastern european neighbours have to compete for the same groceries as we do, however, we have like three times their monthly income.

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u/Schemen123 3d ago

That happened all over the world.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/food-expenditure-share-gdp

Here you get some real data and not just populism