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Yeah I find it interesting a lot of people assume retirement or a form of it involves stopping investing. I personally think a regular job often gets in the way of making money as you have to turn down opportunities due to lack of time and focus

No problem. Super cab be very powerful if understood and utilized correctly so I'd recommend reading more about it. It's basically just another structure and not an investment so you have to make it work for you. It's also a low tax environment and once you reach above a certain age, atm I...

Why do you believe your super is not going to provide any returns? I've got relatives earning less than you who have raised families and have more in super and investments, stop being so defeatist, it will do you no favours

Why would I like for Australia to be more expensive?? I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say you aren't a mensa member

Kathryn, it really doesn't matter how u look at it. What is being compared is like for like, ie cost of the same number/ttype of groceriss in australia vs America. It is more expensive here vs there it really is as simple as that no matter what your MIL or her neighbor beryl thinks. Their...

My mates cousin has a cute dog, that dog's vet's neighbor told me the sky is actually green so therefore it's trtrue

Anecdotes are not more accurate than cold hard stats and I really have no idea what how secure people feel has to do with unbiased stats.

I'm not sure your claim that I put a lot of value in consumerism has all that much merit Then again we established a long time ago that you and I look at the world very differently. The fact is though there is absolutely nothing out there to support your claim that overall it costs the...

Every single metric out there says they are more expensive in australia vs USA for eating out, apart from the very top end of fine dining. This is particularly true of middle of the road dining say your typical cafes etc which tend to be a fair bit higher in Australia I think the onus is on...

You put very little faith in independent and unbiased stats? There are other sources out there that show similar results For me personally 58k wouldn't be anywhere close to enough but that's also cost haven't had kids yet and don't intend to sacrifice much lifestyle wise when I "retire. I also...

Overall cost of living is more. Transport, groceries, I'm pretty sure utilities too Restaurants are not the same, they're more expensive in australia

I don't think this is the case, all stats I've seen show a higher cost of living in Australia vs USA, even excluding housing cost. From memory 22% higher