World's Lowest Cost of living- Spore

relaxx1corner SG

"For one month in that two-bedroom apartment in Tokyo, you'll drop a stunning $4,501. In Paris, you can expect to pay $2,422 and in Beijing about $3,700.

The same flat in London will cost you about $3,603, whereas in New York you'll pay about $3,500.

The best deals are in Buenos Aires or Johannesburg, where such an apartment will only cost you about $600.

A cup of coffee with table service, meanwhile, will run you about $3.30 in New York, $5.48 in Tokyo and $1.10 in Buenos Aires. "

A two-bedroom HDB flat rental will probably be S$800? or US$465

A two-bedroom private apartment rental - $2000 -$3000? US$1163 - $1744

A cup of coffee with table service in a kopitiam only S$0.80 or US$0.47.

So actually, Singapore has a very low cost of living as compared to other cities!! Why is everybody complaining that we have a high cost of living????

World's most expensive cities

Tokyo No. 1 again, Asuncion least expensive; in U.S., New York, Los Angeles, Chicago are costliest.
June 14, 2004: 2:36 PM EDT

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Those three cities ranked as the most expensive in the world, according to the latest annual cost-of-living survey released Monday by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.

The three least expensive cities were Asuncion, Paraguay; Montevideo, Uruguay; and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

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The survey looked at 144 cities across the globe. Mercer conducts the survey to help companies and governments with offices around the world determine compensation levels for ex-patriate workers.

Among U.S. cities, New York, which ranks No. 12 worldwide, is the most expensive.

Other cities that ranked as among the most expensive are Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco.

Pittsburgh, meanwhile, was the least expensive city in the country.

Mercer noted that U.S. cities dropped in their worldwide rankings relative to last year because of the depreciation of the dollar against European, Canadian and Asian-Pacific currencies.

Appreciation in local currencies also accounted for a big change in other cities' worldwide rankings.

The strength of the Canadian dollar pushed Toronto up to 89th from 104th last year, and Vancouver up to 96th from 110th.

Changes were even more dramatic for cities in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney, for instance, rose to 20th from 67th. Auckland, meanwhile, climbed to 80th from 115th.

The cost of living?
Mercer's researchers priced a basket of more than 200 goods and services in each city that reflects expatriate spending habits.

The goods and services include the monthly rent for a two-bedroom luxury apartment unfurnished, the cost of a hamburger, the price of transportation and entertainment.

For one month in that two-bedroom apartment in Tokyo, you'll drop a stunning $4,501. In Paris, you can expect to pay $2,422 and in Beijing about $3,700.

The same flat in London will cost you about $3,603, whereas in New York you'll pay about $3,500.

The best deals are in Buenos Aires or Johannesburg, where such an apartment will only cost you about $600.

A cup of coffee with table service, meanwhile, will run you about $3.30 in New York, $5.48 in Tokyo and $1.10 in Buenos Aires.

ziezoe SG

I don't get what you mean?

Lowest?

Oh...Tokyo, how much a road sweeper earn over there?

Law of relativity - Enstein...it works, always work.

stupidissmart SG

To be fair our income r certainly relatively high. Somewhere from Socrates there is something to show tat our income r relatively higher than most other cities.

zenden9 SG

All those indicated r cities within a big country which means a british who is not happy with the high cost of living in London can go and live in Manchester or Liverpool which defintely have lower cost of living.Just like a Japanese who hate the high cost of living of Tokyo can choose to live in lower cost of living of other japanese cities like Kyoto or Nagasaki.

But for Spore??? Spore is already a cities itself and so small with no other area u can go to,to escape the high cost of living. Maybe Pulau Ubin??

Patrik SG

Rolling Eyes

stupidissmart SG

Ahhh…. a city is sometimes many times bigger than singapore. If u desire to work there, most likely u have to find a house near to tat location unless u wanna travel 8 hours to and fro. If u want to live and work in Manchester, then I am sure the income u can get there is lower too.

miong SG

We maybe the 46th most expensive city (83 points/100) among selected top144 cities in the world but -

Singapore is also -

28th most expensive country in the world. There are altogether 192 independent countries in the world including the lastest one East Timor.

And remember this .... the europeans have always had a much higher cost of living than most ASIAN countries for the last few decades. We have actually caught up with them! Can you not feel it?

stupidissmart SG

We maybe the 46th most expensive city (83 points/100) among 144 cities in the world but -

Singapore is also -

28th most expensive country in the world. There are altogether 192 independent countries in the world including the lastest one East Timor.

To be fair, why does singapore turn out to be more expensive comparing to countries is because other countries have countryside. At countryside, the cost of living is lower but their income is lower too. So it will be better to compare income from cities to cost of living in cities other than comparing it with countries.

And remember this .... the europeans have always had a much higher cost of living than most ASIAN countries for the last few decades. We have actually caught up with them! Can you not feel it?

Well... u should remember tis too.. the european have always had a much higher income than most ASIAN countries for the last few decades too. Now we have actually caught up with them ! Can u not feel it ?

Parka SG

Everything is relative.

drawer SG

Europeans n Japan have a higher income base,thats why their cost of living is also high.But in Singapore,we have a high cost of living but low income,how can we not complain?

stupidissmart SG

If u want to talk about relativity, u need to knwo how much more their income is higher than us or how much more our cost of living is lower than them. Talking about Japan tokyo, I am pretty sure their cost of living is more times, lets say 3 times compared to ours while our income is perhaps 2 times lesser than them.

If u talk about New York, maybe u r right tat their lives is better than us... there r also many countries better than us in terms of cost of living and income. However it is fair to compare ourselves with an asian economy rather than a western one.

hoganrock SG

How can you compare an orange to an apple to a banana? Rolling Eyes

the.raven SG

is that your standard answer to every single thread u stupid ass?

the.raven SG

Originally posted by hoganrock:
[b]How can you compare an orange to an apple to a banana? Rolling Eyes

]

they are all fruits?

and dont Fucking stretch the screen by posting some huge fat Shit!