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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Luxorlover: [QB] I am sorry for if I sounded harsh but I have never in my life earned that kind of money and very few people that I know ever have. I never had that level on income even in England which is one of the most expensive countries in Europe to live in. It not only highlights the gap between Egyptian and American levels of income it also highlights the difference between British and American ones. I have lived in Egypt on the same level of pension of Homlessagain for the last six years and I have never ever been short of money - but I don't smoke and I don't drink so that might make a difference. During much of the time I kept my partner's family on that too and managed to pay for my flights backwards and forwards. Embassy officials have a different lifestyle than most others - in London they live in the posh areas where I can only gawp. Had I known that Homeagain was an embassy employee I would not have bothered to comment at all as I could not afford that kind of lifestyle anywhere. It was not meant to sound anti-American, it was anti demanding a western level of everything in a developing country. Homelessagain can make a good life in Egypt on the money she has coming in each month. Please do not let this put you off. It is not going to be a grand lifestyle but compared with what most Egytpians earn - you will be rich - and yes that is a comparative term. If you have been used to living in style - then it will not support it - but I doubt that actually ever expected it to - otherwise why come to Egypt. I did not want you to be put off living here by thinking that you could not afford it - when you can. Egypt has so much to offer. If Cairo is so expensive, (and I am still not convinced that it is) then if you do not have to live there, come and live in Luxor. My outgoings:- Rent 6 bed flat 1,500 Elec with 2 air con 100 Gas and water 10 Taxis usually walk or get a service car 100 Eating out once a day 600 Basic food stuff chicken veg etc 600 Total LE 2,910 per month That will leave you more than enough to follow any other persuits that you want to. Most of the expats in Luxor live on less than £400 per month and are perfectly happy. To consider that someone would be starving on that level of income (900 $) is almost immoral. The headmaster of my local school (big one) earns 240 LE per month. That puts it in context. If I offended anyone I am sorry. PS: Homelessagain: A thick piece of pepper steak with all the trimmings at Maximes (the best restaurant in Luxor) costs around 25 LE - so it would not be a case of living on foul and tamia every day. My last telephone bill, including the internet charge, was 165 LE for four months use. If I sent all my clothes to the laundry every day instead of washing and ironing them myself it would add about 150 LE to my bills. Kat: you have never lived in Egypt - you live in America. [This message has been edited by Luxorlover (edited 28 July 2004).] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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