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Originally Posted by pylon
That's not even comparable.
Your cell phone bill in the US was 30 bucks a month in the US and went up 4% YoY to $31.20.
In canada you were at $70 and it went up 2.8% to $71.96.
Without knowing the starting point it's an impossible comparison to make, especially when almost every comparable on this side of the border was noticeably far more expensive before inflation came into play.
Gasoline.
Food.
Housing.
Electricity.
All are massively less expensive in the US after currency conversion and percentage of income is factored in.
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Have you been to the states recently?