Random Rants
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Jeez. For that kinda money you could buy 3 houses here.
Or the whole of Gosport…..
With the exception of those MOD owned beauties behind IHUK [emoji31]
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Here in the finest German Backcountry a normal House costs 140.000-200.000€ so you could, similar to Gosport, buy the whole Village I am in now
What does MOD mean ?
@Graeme Frankfurt is almost as expensive as Sidney but the Obects are generally in a way better Shape, I dont know a West German City that has that much worn out Buildings in a Prime Area of the Town.
1.2 Mio Australian Beer Tokens (Around 750k Euro) get you something like this in the City: https://www.engelvoelkers.com/de-de/exposes/familienfreundliches-wohnen-3602604.1267007_exp/
4-8 Mio. AUD would be a baillin Budget at the Moment, but lets wait and see what Brexit brings us: https://www.engelvoelkers.com/de-de/exposes/perfekte-familienwohnung-in-exklusiver-lage-3852534.1249509_exp/
Luckily most City here expect Berlin, Munich and Hamburg are quite small so that you could easily live in a small Town where Houses are way Cheaper and only have to drive 30-40 Minutes to work.
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Or the whole of Gosport…..
Unless the houses are built with handmade bricks. I've heard rumors that they're a bit spendy.
And all this discussion of million dollar houses makes me realize (again) how relatively cheap San Antonio is.
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Ministry of Defence (MoD)
The land is owned by the Mod (in this case the Navy) because an oil pipeline crosses the land. It carries fuel from a fuel depot about 1/2 a mile away to a naval jetty, where small tankers transport the fuel to the Portsmouth based navy. It is, therefore, a terrorist (or war) risk. Break the pipeline and we can't get fuel to our navy…...
We feel really safe here because a 100 meters away from the office, we have a man with a machine gun on guard 24x365.....
Portsmouth has a historic policy of putting all the stuff that smelt or went bang in Gosport....
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Thank you for clarifying.
The free Security Guard Sounds quite Nice, the Pipline thing not so much, but i guess this is something no one notices anymore today.
I read a lot of people here fly in Via London and take the Train and then the Ferry to Gosport, wouldnt it be faster to go via Southhampton Airport and then take a Rental, or is there stepping Stone I overlooked ?
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Nope, if you can fly into Southampton, that's really convenient. Trouble is, if your plane home gets cancelled, there are not a lot of alternatives. Happened to me once flying back from Amsterdam. I had to overnight in a (shithole of an) hotel, if I had been flying into Heathrow or Gatwick, there would most likely been plenty of alternative flights home….
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Gatwick>train>ferry is quite convenient, too. Only brief walks at each transition, and IHUK is also only a brief walk from the ferry pier. Though if you get tired, there are a few pubs along the way to renew your energy.
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Bear in mind that you have to get a train from Southampton Airport into Southampton, then change and catch the really slow train down to Portsmouth Harbour. The online timetable reckons most will take about 1:20, with the odd faster option around 55 minutes.
Getting from Gatwick to Portsmouth takes about 1:40, so not much slower.
@Steffen, I do miss the convenient public transport systems in Europe. Outside of Melbourne, I don't think the Australians get it, though it's not as bad as LA.
I was surprised by the price of the apartment in Frankfurt, but I understand the city's got a nasty infestation of bankers, so it's understandable!
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It is really convinient indeed @Graeme but still the Politics want to one up it and basicly try and make it without blind spots all over Germany, lets see how that works out
Thank you @Giles I did Frankfurt Amsterdam Southhampton once when my now Ex Girlfriend studied there and was A blown away by how fast youre from the Plain on UK Ground and B by how dead cheap Rentals are compared to Heathrow. The Point you made that this can easily go really wrong like in your case is of course Right, I have to carefully Check for Alternatives if I plan on doing it this way, Schiphol is an Odd Part of Amsterdam to get Stuck if you dont have a Hoovercraft on Hand
