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Originally Posted by mark manley
I have noticed this in the US that money is more taboo than in the UK but go to India and they are completely open about it and want to know the price of everything. I like the system in Sweden, Finland and Norway where earnings are a matter of public record which makes employers more accountable.
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Maybe wanting to know how much a bike costs is only an Indian (subcontinent) thing? Wherever I travel (been bored recently in these C19 times, so worked out I've ridden a m/c in 82 countries), I try to meet people. I don't really recall being asked very often how much my possessions/ vehicle costs. The once or twice I have been asked, the conversation was terminated pretty sharply by me blanking the questioner/ not understanding the question.
In recent times I've also tried to ride the roads and tracks less travelled = less people and less likely to ask city-dweller type questions.
In India I travelled on locally rented bikes, so any money obsessed local would know the price of things.
Last edited by chris; 14 Apr 2020 at 11:53.
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