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Old 10-04-2018, 06:59 AM   #49
AlexanderHowl
 
Join Date: Feb 2016
Default Re: Conversation Rate of G$ To Real World Dollars

I remember reading that as well. I think, to a certain extent though, GURPS monetary units are a good shorthand for fictional currency values because it is simple. If you want a real world conversion, things get more complicated, and I would suggest that you increase the effective cost of things by 3% per year from 1980, just to account for inflation, meaning that a GURPS $ buys $3.07 nowadays. That would mean that COL for Status 0 would be around $1,800 per month while Average income would be $7,800 per month, which would reflect my experiences quite well.
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