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Old Jan 25, 2009, 3:00 pm
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Originally Posted by emailkid
LA is kinda tough to get around on public transportation - it's huge, and it takes a long time to get anywhere. Fine if you've got the time ...

San Diego is one place that I used to fly for a weekend (on weekend airline specials) and felt comfortable not renting a car. Of course the Airporter bus from airport downtown and the Trolley really helped, plus I like to walk. And for a change of pace there's the ferry from downtown to Coronado Island. Ahhhhh, Coronado Island

EmailKid
San Diego... it really is a bloody great place. I get homesick for it and yet I've never lived there.

As to the OP. Last July I bought $100 for £55. Yesterday $100 cost me £81.

So it's a blatant falsehood that things are still so much cheaper in America. With that exchange rate it makes America 25 to 30% more expensive.
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