倫敦人慾打飛的上班 住外國更便宜
Rent in London is so high that one young professional has worked out it would be cheaper live in Barcelona and fly to work.
倫敦房價太貴了，年輕的上班族發現與其住在倫敦，不如搬到西班牙巴塞羅那去，然後每天“打飛的”去倫敦上班來得更划算。Social Media manager Sam Cookney, 30, wanted a less expensive way of travelling to his office near Liverpool Street station.
今年30歲的薩姆-庫克尼是一家社交媒體的經理，他想了一個更省錢的通勤計劃。What he found was an unlikely solution: it would be more Cost effective to relocate to the sun-kissed coast of north east Spain, more than 700 miles away.
他的計劃看上去有點瘋狂：因爲他發現住在陽光明媚的西班牙巴塞羅那比住在倫敦更划算，即使巴塞羅那距離倫敦有700英里之遙。
Mr Cookney said that a combination of cheap rent, travel and the lack of council tax charges in the Spanish city would more than undercut the high prices of travel cards living costs in the English capital.
庫克尼表示，綜合來算，西班牙便宜的房租、通勤費用，節省下來的各種稅費，要遠比住在高消費的倫敦要划算。He arrived at the extraordinary solution by doing sums based on property and travel websites.
庫克尼根據網上提供的住房和差旅費用算了一筆賬。Cost of living - Monthly comparison
每月花費對比LONDON:
倫敦：One bed flat, West Hampstead - ￡1, 505
一居室，西漢普斯特，1505磅Council tax - ￡75
稅費，75磅Zone 1-2 travel card - ￡116.60
通勤費，116.6磅TOTAL: ￡1, 697 per month.
合計：1697磅（約合人民幣16491元）BARCELONA:
巴塞羅那：Three bed flat, Les Corts, ￡580
三居室，Les Corts地區，580磅Council tax - ￡0
稅費，0Ryanair flight, metro - ￡778
飛機費、地鐵費，778磅TOTAL: ￡1, 358 per month
合計：1358磅（約合人民幣13226元）That’s ￡339 less than the cost of living in London and commuting from Zone 2.
比較下來，住在西班牙每天打飛的比住在倫敦通勤還要節省339磅（約合人民幣3391元）。Add that to the fact that he could live in a sunny city by the sea, and Mr Cookney said his findings were 'beyond crazy'.
省錢不算外，巴塞羅那還是一個面朝大海、陽光明媚的城市。庫克尼只能感嘆“太扯了”。'It's just beyond crazy, and completely unsustainable'.
“這太扯了，完全不具有可持續性。”
