Tell me about America!!

[ImnoGuru]

Its looking like it might be cheaper to travel over and back then pick a new destination....   

Go Figure!!!

[TorrentIt]

I would like to find out a bit about the real America. The good ( or bad ) places to live.
The cost of cars, accommodation, housing, cost of fuel, local shops and so on.

If anyone feels like replying, Im most open to discovering some detail about different locations before I make plans to come over there.
Thank you ImnoGuru.

Cars Can Range From: 1,000<BAD CONDITION - 500,000 <LAMORGINI Usd $
25,000 Can Get You A Newer Dodge Caravan,

Housing  You Can Get a Nice House For 120,000 In The Country,
In Huge Citys E.G New York City It WillCost, about 500,000 For A Nice House
USD Money
$

Fuel In Canada,
79 cents / Litre
3.57 $ / GALLON (3Litres) < USA

Lots Of Shops
NYC,
Is AMAZING!

Acconimy,
Canada,
FREE HEALTH CARE
USA! COSTS!
I Watched This Movie
About People having to Cutt there Finger off,
Because They Couldnt Afford It
People Dieing In Hospitals,
Costing Money,
If Someone had to get CANCER Treatment,
It would cost
so much
i would take the whole familys money,
You

I Suggest canada,
CANADA amazing,

i Moved here

[Aegis]

  

Acconimy,

Yes, the United States, where education is second to none...

[BC_Programmer]

Canada,
FREE HEALTH CARE

completely false. In fact, it's WORSE here, since you can't actually "shop around" for the best health insurance. you are REQUIRED to pay "medical fees" based on family size, ranging from 52$ a month for one person to over 400$ for a 5-6 person family.

Saying it's "free" is merely waiving the fact that it's paid through this method, which is really more a tax then a direct insurance payment, but the mechanics are the same.




As for fuel prices:

1 U.S gallon is 3.78~ Litres.


going by your fuel prices, the U.S price for a litre is 94 cents.

of course, we must take into account the exchange rate, where 84 cents CDN is 1$ U.S.

Therefore, in Canadian Dollars, a single litre in the U.S is  around 79 cents- save a few hundredths of a cent.

It IS less in the U.S, but one would save maybe- 5 dollars over the course of a year. Not quite a good reason to move

However I would rather live in Canada then the U.S. well, actually I do but that's beside the point, I suppose. Also, I've never been to the U.S, and don't plan to. (heck I've been on Vancouver Island for over 12 years).

[ImnoGuru]

Thank you for this information TorrentIt. There are lots of useful bits of info there.
A car for example.... I can hardly see myself getting a Lamborghini to cruise around in.. (unless I win the Lottery before hand that is), but a modest runabout that wont catch the eye of the local constabulary would do fine.
As for fuel... your fuel costs in America are well below what we pay here on a regular basis. Mostly our costs are Aus$1.15 per Litre unleaded, and premium or super/high octane is Aus$1.25 ish. I'm guessing the exchange rate might effect it though, but approximately 2/3 the cost.
So I save there, using any petrol.

Just as a side inquiry, do you have LPG readily available throughout the country?

Maybe I'll look for a little Volkswagen combiVan or similar.
I can sleep on the side of the road with something like that.

Health care is something that I'm really sus on..
Mostly, the information I have of the health system there is from movies, where they show lots of people in the emergency rooms waiting for hours on end. So if you pardon my preconceived ideas that your system is (crap.. (please pardon my conclusion)) less than satisfactory generally.
Here's hoping I dont get to find out from personal experience.

My biggest expense might be one of my favourite pastimes..... SHOPPING  and it sounds like I'll have plenty of opportunity there then.


BC_Programmer , our health system is much the same but we really get hit twice. Our tax system includes a 1.5% levy on income to be paid from each pay packet for the general ( what we call Medicare) medical services but we have the option of purchasing separate insurance from different companies at enormous personal cost from after tax dollars. Generally costing in the vicinity of $1500 plus per year.
Oh, and if we use that insurance there's also an additional $$ contribution to medical services because they only pay maybe 2/3 to 3/4 of the total cost. So not the greatest about, but maybe better than nothing I suppose.  .
I'm going to look into the travel insurance plans available.

[mroilfield]

Fuel In Canada,
79 cents / Litre
3.57 $ / GALLON (3Litres) < USA

You need to get around more or at least do more research.  The U.S. is such a big place that the prices for fuel will can and will greatly vary depending on where you are. My family out in California are paying around $3.00 a gallon yet in Louisiana where I live it is back down to $1.65 a gallon. Just giving one number for a gas price in the U.S. is just ridiculous.

Canada,
FREE HEALTH CARE
USA! COSTS!
I Watched This Movie
About People having to Cutt there Finger off,
Because They Couldnt Afford It
People Dieing In Hospitals,
Costing Money,
If Someone had to get CANCER Treatment,
It would cost
so much
i would take the whole familys money,
You

I Suggest canada,
CANADA amazing,

i Moved here

Was the movie you watched a documentary or some Hollywood made up story? If it was a documentary I am sure they didn't cover even 1% of the hospitals in the U.S.

There are people in every country that dies because they either can't or don't get the treatment they need.

I have been in the U.S. for close to 31 years now and I have to say we have a pretty good health care system. (OK it could use some adjustment but no country has a perfect system) I have also spent some time in various other countries and I still prefer the U.S. health care system.

[patio]

If you want to see how well health care works drive past the 5 Hospitals in Buffalo and count all the Canada plates in the parking lots...
Saying there is no waiting there is very innaccurate.

[ImnoGuru]

Thanks for adding some clarity to that mroilfield, either way and I really appreciate your input, the fuel prices compared to Aus are substantially lower. So I can drive more miles per $ input, so I go further for less.  ( that actually translates to being able to hang around places longer for me then because I wont be hassled with having to get to a fuel stop before the money runs out on the travel budget.

If you want to see how well health care works

The ultimate goal here patio, is NOT to find out. Hahahaa 

I'm rather hoping that travel insurance will be good enough to cover it if  I require anything.

[patio]

Sorry to wander off the topic...
A van would be a great way to see the Country...no schedule...no timeline.
My preferred method of travel used to be hitchhiking...but it ain't what it used to be.

[Aegis]

"Oh, honey - don't stop to pick him up - he looks like he works with computers!"

[BC_Programmer]

LMAO


good one

[ImnoGuru]

I dont think thumbing a ride would be as good as it sounds these days patio...
sure you have the freedom, but you are also resigned to go where the driver is headed, and that might be to the backwoods of Kentucky, Dueling banjo style. hahahaha

[mroilfield]

What ever you do don't go Kayaking down any rivers in Georgia.

[x2543]

but do take a pitstop in the yosemite, you just gotta see it

[patio]

That could be taken the wrong way...