EPTLiving expenses in Norway. - Page 2
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QuanticHawk
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NeWeNiyaLord
Norway2474 Posts
On September 28 2012 22:29 stenole wrote: Putting it into context, a Norwegian full time student is GUARANTEED a loan of about $17,500 per year. Most Norwegian schools do not take tuition, so it is nearly free to go to school. If the school takes tuition, you will usually also get a loan to cover this entirely. Upon completing the required workload for a year, about $1,300 of your loan is removed from the books. On top of that you get paid an amount that should cover 3 return trips to your parents. If you also work in the summer, it should be possible to survive comfortably until you have a degree, but maybe not in a large apartment... unless your parents have money for it... Yeah it's definately possible to get a apartment as a student. And I understand that we've gone to mainly Students discussion. but my point was, what if you don't want to study/ get a degree. Even with a fulltime job. (working at a store or something like that) you still would have trouble getting a loan / pay rent. Especially if your girlfriend is pregnant. Then your almost fucked apartment wise. What if you want to start a family? Just because you didn't study / get a degree. We've (norwegians) have always been able to get a decent house with more than 1-2 bedrooms for a affordable price. Now that's almost impossible unless you have a degree. And a degree doesn't get you any guaraties that you'll ever get a job doing whatever you got a degree for. Using my sisters family as an example: She's 27 now and a couple of years ago just finished her masters degree in literature science. In 2 years the only job she's been able to get is a part time job at a store (not local at all). Just so she could feed her kid. T he kid's father has a very good job earning above average. And they still didn't get a loan until they saved up 25 % of a pretty small apartment just to have a place to live. And the 25% isn't easy to save to when your on 1 permanent income along with a part time job and a kid. She's just gotten a good job (starts this wednesday in fact) and it's first now they actually can start to save up the 25% for their house / bigger apartment. When she's 27 and her Boyfriend 30. And the boyfriend has been working with the same pay (pretty good) for almost 10 years just so he could survive until my Sister was finished with her degree + 2 years. | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
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Aphasie
Norway474 Posts
I just got back from the store and bought: 12 pints of beer (Aass, higher end within the class of "regular" lagers) 150 grams of cashew nuts 150 grams of pistachios 1 sour cream 1 cucumber 1 bread which netted in at ~85 USD. By any standard i think thats pretty fucking expensive. Im now imbibing said beverages (to steal from iNC) in my flat which netted me (as a good buy in a semi-central area) for $223000 for 33 sq. m. (or 355 sq. ft.). And as you can see the architecture would make White-Ra and Strelok feel right at home: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.emporis.com/images/show/461538-Large.jpg) Im not bitching, because I know almost every european country (and the rest of the world) is in deep shit and I make do. However, when i do anything besides sit in front of the computer it feels a bit like gettin robbed. | ||
Waxangel
United States33708 Posts
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U_G_L_Y
United States516 Posts
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NeWeNiyaLord
Norway2474 Posts
On September 29 2012 00:31 U_G_L_Y wrote: I had always thought that Norway was like the best country to live in but damn... it sounds like that is only true if you are on the dole... Well not to brag. But Norway is a pretty decent place to live. But so are alot of other places aswell. I don't think Norway is any better or worse than many countries. Except Sweden ofc. People who live there are so lame.. + Show Spoiler + Joking ofcourse! xD | ||
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NeWeNiyaLord
Norway2474 Posts
On September 29 2012 00:01 Waxangel wrote: yah, but norway has the best strawberries in the world Haha :p Yeah their pretty good. | ||
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Aphasie
Norway474 Posts
On September 28 2012 23:59 Aphasie wrote: Oslo has been ranked the most expensive city in the world for the last two years or so. Relative to income it might not be so, but here's an example: I just got back from the store and bought: 12 pints of beer (Aass, higher end within the class of "regular" lagers) 150 grams of cashew nuts 150 grams of pistachios 1 sour cream 1 cucumber 1 bread which netted in at ~85 USD. By any standard i think thats pretty fucking expensive. Im now imbibing said beverages (to steal from iNC) in my flat which netted me (as a good buy in a semi-central area) for $223000 for 33 sq. m. (or 355 sq. ft.). And as you can see the architecture would make White-Ra and Strelok feel right at home: + Show Spoiler + Im not bitching, because I know almost every european country (and the rest of the world) is in deep shit and I make do. However, when i do anything besides sit in front of the computer it feels a bit like gettin robbed. On September 29 2012 00:01 Waxangel wrote: yah, but norway has the best strawberries in the world yah, I'd be interested in setting up a organ donor for strawberry baskets program (hush hush). On another note, fuck yeah | ||
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YourMom
Romania565 Posts
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Ingenol
United States1328 Posts
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