• guillem@aussie.zone
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    7 months ago

    Just for a bit of perspective: the average monthly salary in Switzerland is around $11000 so maybe $10 for a flat white is more affordable.

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      7 months ago

      If comparison against average monthly wage is your benchmark, it’s still proportionately cheaper in Australia with average monthly wage being $6,201.43 (i.e., >50% of $11,000, whereas the coffee price is <50% of $10.16).

      Average wages here are also higher than the majority of the countries above us on the average-coffee-price chart.

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        7 months ago

        To be honest it isn’t my benchmark, I was just adding that to the context in the same way I could have added any other differential circumstance: my point is that it’s more complicated than what the article says.

        And that it’s probably less about “someone think about the baristas” and more about the benefits, but that’s another story.

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      7 months ago

      I don’t trust the article.

      I recall having coffee and croissant in a Salzburg historic courtyard cafe for cheaper than the price of one in a shitty Aussie suburban location.