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Younger people now even cutting back on essentials, as older Australians spend up on cruises and restaurants (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] morry040@kbin.social 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)

You can use this tool to compare: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=Australia&country2=United+States

My cinema down the street costs $18.50 for an adult.

[–] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Tuesday afternoon $7 tickets at the independent cinema, a trip to IGA and a big purse means I can manage a decent $20 date for two.

But I don't really want to sit elbow to elbow with strangers in a sticky uncomfortable seat, while kids cry, the guy in front keeps checking his phone with the screen brightness set to "solar flare", and the Capti-view the staff gave me breaks or desyncs halfway through the movie.

The last few times I went the experience was so uncomfortable, I don't think they could give the tickets away for free to make me go again. My best friend and I will take a laptop to the park, relax on a picnic blanket with some Bluetooth headphones and snacks and enjoy a pirated movie in relative peace and comfort. It's a change of scenery and a cheap outting.

[–] JustMy2c@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

You pay more per hour for a movie as minimum wage? Parking? Junk food?

Burn it all down.

[–] Marsupial@quokk.au 2 points 11 months ago

$8.71 for a “gallon” of milk? No way. 3 litres is $4.50 and that’s basically the same amount.

I don’t trust those sites, never know where they pull this pricing from.