Do not compare.
Different everything.
Government, people, geography, politics, economy, taxes, size,
neighbours, culture, age (since independence), history, culture,
etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, ad nausem.
Sick of people who compares Singapore with other countries.
Its different, its a fact of life.
So what if a rock melon cost $1 there, and here $9.00. Come here
and grow rock melons then. And then see first hand how the
difference is betwen here and there.