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From: sdyer@bbncca.ARPA (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Re: Canada
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Date: Fri, 14-Oct-83 00:42:17 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 14 00:42:17 1983
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Yes, you know, I had always believed that the US dollar went farther
in Canada, and in fact had taken several vacations there in the past
10 years without any evidence to convince me otherwise.

But, this year, at the Toronto USENIX meeting, it hit me how much more
expensive everything is!  Those itty-bitty soda cans! $0.75!
I left with the impression that the current exchange rate and cost of
living reflect the true purchasing power of the Canadian dollar, and
not just arbitrary economic forces.

Not an economist myself, just a poor consumer,

/Steve Dyer
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