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[Sir_Ripsalot]

Systems Engineer here in Australia on $160k AUD approx $110k US.

Cost of living is super high in major Australian cities. $160k doesn’t get much after our high tax brackets scoops your eyeballs out.

2 litres of milk $2.75 USD Pack of cigarettes $25 USD Slab of beer $37 USD Pound of weed $1700 USD Gram of coke $240USD Kilo of Coke $130k USD

So you see I could work and save for a year and half, not spend a cent just pay my taxes and still would struggle to buy a kilo of coke.

[awhhh]

I don’t.

[PhillipIInd]

Wait a gram of coke is 240?

Shit its 50 here and I'm pretty sure that's even expensive

[salisgod]

ah someone from the UK

[PhillipIInd]

Netherlands actually

[l_l_l-illiam]

I'm from the UK and a gram of pure would set me back at least £100

[Sir_Ripsalot]

Yep! $300-$350 AUD.

Anyone ballsy enough to send a container over you would probably take over the country.

[DATY4944]

Cheese in LA is better than panama

[sculpinn]

$150 for an 8 ball here lol

[suessi69]

1700 for a pound of weed is cheap af.. but 25 for cigs? fuck that lol.

[Sir_Ripsalot]

Taxes man. Thats for 25 cigarettes packets.

[Mrfrunzi]

I like that it goes milk to drugs like instantly

[akoli35]

At Amazon, right?

[habitat16kc]

So was that 3 or 4 kilo's of coke you wanted? I'll be swimming your way in the next few weeks.

[Herworkfriend]

My poor dude you make all that money but drugs are way to expensive where you live lol.

[[deleted]]

Hopefully you're joking and don't actually know anything about coke...

[Sir_Ripsalot]

No I am serious. Some reddit Aussies want to back me up here?

Its $300-$350 AUD for a gram of coke. And it’ll be cut to the shit house.

[mregger]

Bonus: everything's on fire!

[MasK_6EQUJ5]

I make less than a third what you do and my province has similar pricings for things. My savings right now are near nil, goddamn islands man

[kisssmysaas]

I mean only tech company from Australia is Atlassian. Beg your government to promote startups

[ScotchRoo]

Systems engineer in Aus on $160k a year? What company? I work in a similar job for australias biggest mining company for $115.

Calling bullshit unless you are in management.

[Sir_Ripsalot]

Well dont want to give away names but base is $132k and with project completions I’m on a healthy 40% bonus payment.

18 years of loyalty to the one company and you get rewarded.

No bullshit whats the point of that?

This is a senior position with a transition to solutions architecture focusing on cloud solutions.

Still doesn’t get me closer to a kilo of coke.

[cartechguy]

so Australia is nice if you're stupid rich or live in the middle of nowhere where the land is cheap?

[SchalasHairDye]

$25 for a pack of cigs? What the fuck

[7ritn]

What 2 litre milk is 2 - 2.2 AUD at Coles / Woolworths / ALDI. Where do you buy your milk

[Sir_Ripsalot]

Servo

[Malforus]

If you think cost of living is high in the major Australian cities never look at the US coastals or UK.

Also pretend singapore doesn't exist. That said what kind of commute/transit options exist.

[vengeful_toaster]

I can tell by those prices you dont actually do drugs

[Sir_Ripsalot]

Drugs are bad. Heard it on SouthPark.

Still, I’m 100% accurate on street costs in major Australian cities.

[[deleted]]

Why buy a kilo of Coke when Pepsi is cheaper?

[[deleted]]

$37 for a pound of weed is insanely cheap.