England's not an expensive place, for some things.
We're a total rip off for petrol, computers, cars, and a lot of expensive things. As for clubbing, we're like most countries. Some cities (eg London) will rob you of all your money before you're drunk. Other areas like the North East have several all-you-can-drink nightclubs, and one nightclub near me (it's on a boat with a revolving dancefloor, but plays cheesy music) does 20p a pint on Monday. That's cheaper than water! So it all depends where you go. And I guess, like any country, the big clubs with the big DJs will charge you more - they have to.
Leeds definitely has a good nightlife (excluding trance) from what I've heard. They have Sundissential, which is a big hard house club with world class DJs every week. It is also well located, since it's fairly close (within 100 miles) of all the major clubbing areas of Britain I would say. Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, they all have good scenes outside of trance.
Technically, pills are cheaper than getting drunk, at least at first they are. I have been offered pills as low as £2, but usually get offered them around £5. I was once offered (yes I get offered them a lot for some reason, but rarely ask) for £15 for one! I told him where to go. Obviously, if you take them regularly, they'll have less effect on you, and your tolerance levels will increase. That's bad news on the wallet unfortunately. I'm not too into pills, only if I'm skint (I prefer to get drunk), so you're probably best off speaking to someone like DuMonde Trancer, he seems to know his cakes!
As for how much someone spends on a night out, it's a difficult question. Do you mean drinking? Do you mean a night out where you go to about 15 bars, get slaughtered, then go to a club, or a night out where you spend the whole night in a good trance club listening to big name DJs? Do you mean with pills or with beer? It's a hard one to answer. The all-you-can-drink nights for example are usually at cheesy clubs, and are a midweek night. They fill up ebcause they're cheap (they get packed) but the city doesn't. The one on the boat in Newcastle is on a thursday night for example.
Call me a cheapskate, but I always ask what the prices are before I buy if I'm in a city centre. Saves you getting royally ripped off.
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