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[nibot]

Six months in Europe and the U.S. dollar is starting to seem like a cheap currency.

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[vyncentvega.livejournal.com]

I guess you haven't been to Greece?

[gstef.livejournal.com]

He has (2 years ago). Is life in Germany more expensive nowadays?

[nibot.livejournal.com]

I think groceries and rent are cheap here, but services, restaurants, energy, etc are more expensive. In day-to-day life I sort of assume $1 = 1€,... which makes things seem expensive when I do the proper conversion.

Also, Germany in general just feels rich a bit rich despite people not appearing to work very hard. This also somehow (psychologically) makes the € feel like a "harder" currency.