Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
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Jesus! Do you know what rentals are in Phuket?



Sort of like the boat people of Bangledesh....(c;]

There was a piece on Russia Today's English TV about how expensive it is to
live in Moscow, now that socialism has failed, mostly. A 1-room apartment
with your own bathroom is around $US5,800/month! No wonder the place is
filling up with Russian Mafia. They're the only ones who can afford the
rent!

I have friends who regularly spent a couple weeks in August, each year, in
Moscow or St Petersburg, but they don't go any more. Hawaii looks like a
bargain compared to Russia, today, unless you want to live in a mud hut in
the sticks.