Julienini - You live in Texas, right? Well, everyone knows everything is BIGGER in Texas!

Go big or go home! woooo

hehehehe

O Dio,

I didn't mean to offend anyone with my little calculation. Of course this is just anecdotal; I simply added the prices up for a quick picture of things, to see how these particular items compare. What was the point of posting the pries otherwise? It's certainly not comprehensive. Energy costs, etc. are of course another issue and that's a valid point.

And I thought it was clear that my little comment about a 30 cent difference justifying the move was entirely tongue in guancia, so to speak. Obviously a net gain of 30 cents in an anecdotal tabulation justifies little to nothing; in and of itself, it certainly wouldn't "justify" moving halfway around the globe. My only point was that these paricular prices for a lot of everyday items end up more or less equal. It doesn't pretend to say that, overall, the cost of living is the same, or even that in the long run foodstuffs and household items cost the same; I can't pretend to know how it compares in totality. The examples given aren't cpmprehensive enough for that, and I doubt any of us would be able to do a comparison broad enough to be comprehensive. A rough estimate is about as much as we're going to accomplish from this exercise.

Of course there's a price to living in Italy; and especially with the state of the dollar, those living on foreign-sourced income are squeezed even further. But I think most of us are or would be willing to pay that price for as long as we could for the privelige of leading the type of life that we want.

All I have to say is it's too close to really make a decision on those costs, that means I choose Italy to live in!!

Hey - wine is cheaper here and it is SOOO much better, too!

That in itself is reason to move to Italy!


M_Ernesto - I thought your calculation was funny. I didn't understand it... but I thought it was funny anyway.

Check out the website "cities without cars"--a little idealistic, but wonderful to think about. I think the oil companies made the US oil dependent. I remember street-cars, buses and trains that went everywhere, that were phased out little by little. They tore down the beautiful old train station in this town and built a parking lot. This ain't no way to live.

what is the url?

Could this be it?
This is another site with many links on the subject.
Or maybe this?