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I... Don't really see what your numbers could look like, here.

Buying a cheap Android phone is $200-300 and selling an iPhone will more than pay for that. Switching from iCloud to something else for backups will actually save a little bit per month.

Average London rent is equivalent to 40K USD per year, as a random "richer country" example. It's not in the same ballpark, is it?




> Average London rent is equivalent to 40K USD per year, as a random "richer country" example. It's not in the same ballpark, is it?

Average London rent is $3333 per month per person? I’m struggling to believe that.


Q4 2023:

greater london: ~£2600/mo (~US$3200)

inner london: ~£3100/mo (~US$3900)

outer london: ~£2200/mo (~US$2800)

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/news/rental-price-tracker


From the result of a quick web search which found this as the first result, yes: https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/renting/london-r...

Not per person, I haven't ever been charged per person except in student accommodation and Japanese hotel rooms, not sure how we'd know what that would be.




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