Antus wrote:
i have been in the US for more than 12 years. i don't find living cost are much higher than Taiwan, though.
some people are talking about eating. a sit down restaurant cost $5-10. if you go to sit down restaurant in Taipei, it will cost NT$200 plus too.
Food: if you want to go to higher end restaurant. for example, japanese restaurant Nobu Matsuhisa near Beveley hill, will cost you around around $100. just recently, Nobu open a new restaurant in Taipei, will cost you around NT$4000 a meal. i don't find it super cheap in taiwan at all.
fast food 的價格不會差台灣太多. 但是一般中國餐館或越南餐館, 一個炒飯大概要八, 九塊. 台灣呢?
不會超過七, 八十塊. 我不知道你的 NT$200 是去吃啥, 我指的都是路邊隨便家店面賣的炒飯, 爌肉飯之類的.
在美國, 起碼就是將近十塊. 即使最便宜的越南河粉, 也都要六, 七塊錢.
若買菜自己煮, 我們這兒有很大間中國超市, 一把台灣白菜, A 菜, 茼幺都要二到四塊不等. 台灣呢, 一把了不起
NTD二, 三十塊.....魚, 肉的價格差異更不用講.
Utility 呢? 我, 太太, 14個月大寶寶, 平常都在家自己煮. Gas 一個月快八十塊, 電一個月要三, 四十, 水費則
是 25 元. Phone/Internet/Cable TV 一個月加一加也要一百多塊.
台灣呢? Cable 一年六千(一個月五百), 中華電信市內電話加Internet一個月一千, 水電瓦斯更是便宜, 二個月
還不到一千塊錢......跟美國怎麼比???
我每個週末帶老婆出門買菜. Regardless salary level difference between US and TW,
living cost are definitely much higher than Taiwan....... 兄台要不要用你日常生活的花費來說明一下?
Antus wrote:
if you rent or finance a house, the rent/morage can be an expense and lower ur taxable income.
你確定租房子的話, 租金可以抵稅? I don't think so.... otherwise my firm is cheating me on my
2006 tax return filing.....
如果這是真的, 請你一定要告訴我法令在哪裏, 我要去找人吵架!!! 如果不是, 也請你更正, 不要誤導別人~~
Antus wrote:
Living: a 1M house are usually pretty good. of course, in some area, u may need to spend up to 1.5M or 2M. but let's be honest, if you are talking about 1.5M or 2M houses, those are usually very top house!!
起碼在 Northern Viginia 跟 Maryland, which we called Washington DC metro area...... 1M 的房子
只是很普通的 house. 即使 2M 也沒有好到像豪宅...... 如果你生活在 NYC 那就不用提了, 2M 不曉得能不能
買到 apartment..... 討論這個沒意義, 每個地方差異太大.....
但是我絕對同意, 以年收入 <-> 房價來看, 在美國要買 house, "相對上" 的確比台灣容易的多.
