In the impression of many friends in China, Australia is a country with a high standard of living and, sometimes, a place where people feel like they don't like it. Overall, regardless of happiness, living standards, prices, taxes and so on, the country can easily rank in the top few in the world.
Recently, a small video on Douyin about the cost of living reached 5 million, nearly 40, 000 likes. The caption is "in Sydney, an annual salary of $100000, living like a beggar." There was a wide range of discussions.
In fact, everyone's living and consumption is very different, there will never be a yardstick.
But there's one comment, and it's a "Australia's biggest benefit is how much money can't be made to be hungry".
This is probably a "to suffer from indisunity" country.
Then again, whether in mind or in the brain, Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast. Those are very beautiful international metropolis, opera house, Sydney bridge and other standard buildings for us who have not been here to outline a very beautiful scene.
However, when you come here, you find that Australia's largest city, Sydney, Melbourne or something, is not as good as domestic!
By six o'clock in the afternoon, almost all the shopping malls began to close, and by ten o'clock in the evening, the restaurant was basically closed (except the bar and Clubbing), not to mention hungry in the middle of the night to buy a snack to eat midnight snacks, there was really nothing, not as comfortable and convenient as the domestic life, everything, light and wine).
House is a small bungalow in most areas. To say that modern high-rise buildings, high-speed rail infrastructure, is not as good as the domestic second and third tier cities. It is really the same as the domestic urban-rural junction, the luxurious place is as big as the slap.
Shouldn't Australia be a rich developed country?
We were once confused, and we all jokingly called Australia "Datu O". We felt that it was really too early. there was nothing.
Then why do we like to live here and think it's rich?
Why are many rich people all over the world trying to emigrate here?
Finally, I saw the hard-sought answer to a small matter that happened to a friend of Alice. . .
"to what extent am I famous for going to a famous trendy restaurant with my friends? with the exception of the bar, which is reserved for unbooked guests, all the other tables are booked up! for the first time, we ordered the restaurant's tasting menu, to talk and laugh and share the food together.
Maybe it was because I was having fun, and I didn't hold my hand and fell to the ground with the whole mini-burger! We are also very embarrassed and sorry, the cook worked hard out of the food so fed the land. . . While no one saw it, pick it up and sneak into the toilet and throw it away.
It is unexpected that after a while the waiter actually sent us a mini hamburger, saying that the boss knew what had happened, so he sent us a copy and did not want us to miss the good! "
"to tell you the truth, it costs about 10 knives to order a single copy on the price list, so we never thought there would be a free delivery of such a good thing.
It was not until this time that we understood where Australia was rich. Do you think every restaurant will send another copy free of charge when it comes to this? Not necessarily, but they will certainly help you clean up, give you a comfortable dining environment, and then ask you what help you need, and most of the time they will send some snacks such as candy to apologize for the accident. What these little thoughts bring is a kind of spiritual apologies, as the boss who gave us hamburgers said,'I don't want us to miss the good'. They are sorry that the guests missed the good. "
Spiritual affluence
This is a kind of spiritual affluence, only rich countries can achieve spiritual affluence.
To use an online popular sentence to describe: "If you compare the rich to water, Australia is like a sponge filled with water, and every pore is well-off, but it's not leaking, showing off, and not waste."
By this time, we will look at the details around us, and we will find that the original answer has long been in front of us. Whether it's hot scenic restaurants or street fast food restaurants, free paper towels, disposable cups are always there for people to pick up, and toilet rolls in every place are always ready.
Houses bought in Australia are much cheaper than cities of the same class in China, such as Beishengguang, and they are hardcover repaired. They will not subtract the so-called "public stall area" for you, the garage will also be included, and even ovens, microwave ovens, dishwashers, air conditioners and so on will be brought with them. . . All these are basically invisible at home.
An article on the Internet once wrote, "the key to looking at Australia's affluence is to look at equality. Opening the Prime Minister's refrigerator is the same as opening the refrigerator of an ordinary people."
When we came to Australia to see ordinary Australian friends, rich people, administrator and even Australian prime minister's refrigerator, the food in the brand does not make much difference. In Australia, many billionaires big Boss, may not hesitate to draw out a few thousand Australian dollars in the day for the purchase of their company, but after work, like ordinary people, with his wife in Coles or Woolworths, to choose the affordable things that are affordable.
After the retirement of former Australian Prime Minister Tan Bao, he was filmed in New York, pulling a shopping cart on the street, and the most common passer-by old man on the whole Gai.
We can see the average standard of living of Australians and the unextravagance of daily life. According to Auschao, it is easy for Australia to buy iPhone to buy all kinds of luxury goods, even for ordinary people. Most people buy the latest iPhone, but rarely buy luxury goods such as Herm è s and LV, because they want the practical wealth they can enjoy, not the trench for others to see.
In Australia for a long time you will feel: very rich people are not necessarily rich, "food and clothing worry-free and idle" people are the most envied, they have a lot of time to accompany their families, have plenty of time to go out, travel around the world, and become consumers and recipients of a happy life.
Australia's wealth is revealed in every detail. Children who grew up in such an environment feel so rich that they naturally return society with actions, such as spontaneous church volunteers, charity volunteers, and so on, so they are more calm, simple and enthusiastic. When they grow up, they will continue to help the society continue to develop calmly and generously.
Some people say: "If the rich is the same as water, China's well-off is more like a fountain in the desert. On the one hand, the rich people, on the other hand, do not know how to spend the money; on the other hand, the poor, the food and the worry, the desire to wear, so many people will not be free of the red eye or the enemy. The child who has grown up in such an environment is either a child or a child"-rich X-generation "I can't forget that I should first be a citizen, or be in a hurry to start and run again, and I can't immediately jump into the fountain's uproar."
In Australia, there are a lot of things we can do for free, and we can all feel the complete wealth revealed in detail and culture.
In Canberra, the capital, the annual world-class Canberra flower show is casually watched without tickets!
In Melbourne, CBD transportation is basically free. Free buses and free bicycles, helmets and enthusiastic volunteers for 30 minutes make people sigh and convenient!
In Sydney, free fireworks are seen every weekend in Darling Port, and Vivid Sydney, the largest lighting show in the southern hemisphere, is watched casually for up to 18 days every year!
Adelaide's airport and urban wifi are free of charge, and most public calls to Australia are free!
All kinds of exhibitions and sports in Brisbane are free of charge!
Throughout the country, where many public activities are common, there are convenient water dispensers by the side of the road and do not have to spend money to buy mineral water.
All kinds of parks, seaside leisure areas, and free BBQ equipment to facilitate people to enjoy leisure life better.
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For a long time, the topic of going abroad or emigrating has been a hot topic for Chinese. When asked why they chose Australia for themselves or their children, they could not say why for a moment. They thought of three words at most: life is good. What's so good about it? Brother Aojiao thought it might be: "in Australia, the opportunity to live a rich life is fair and accessible to everyone."