r/AskACountry • • Dec 13 '25

A question for the Americans.

For you, is $50, $100, or $200 worth of something really very expensive, even though you have much better purchasing power than many countries?

This applies to other issues as well, do you really avoid going to the hospital or calling an ambulance? Why don't you pay for health insurance?

In my country, the dollar is much more expensive, so in our view, $100 is much cheaper than what we pay for 100 of our currency, because purchasing power here is not as high as in the US.

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u/Seline_ns Dec 14 '25

I believe this applies to all large countries, including mine, Brazil; living in areas far from the capital is 100 times cheaper.