most expensive cities to live in

[BJ_M]

Top 25 World's Most Expensive Cities

POSTED: 5:32 pm EDT June 20, 2005

1. Tokyo, Japan (1)

2. Osaka, Japan (4)

3. London, Britain (2)

4. Moscow, Russia (3)

5. Seoul, South Korea (7)

6. Geneva, Switzerland (6)

7. Zurich, Switzerland (9)

8. Copenhagen, Denmark (8)

9. Hong Kong, Hong Kong (5)

10. Oslo, Norway (15)

11. Milan, Italy (14)

12. Paris, France (17)

13. New York City, United States (12)

14. Dublin, Ireland (14)

15. St. Petersburg, Russia (10)

16. Vienna, Austria (19)

17. Rome, Italy (21)

18. Stockholm, Sweden (22)

19. Beijing, China (11)

20. Sydney, Australia (20)

21. Helsinki, Finland (23)

22. Douala, Cameroon (25)

23. Istanbul, Turkey (18)

24. Amsterdam, Netherlands (26), Budapest, Hungary (34) (Amsterdam and Budapest ranked equally)

[Conquest10]

How about the least expensive?

[beavereater]

oh...I'm number 2 on that list. Damn!! Well, considering I pay 1300 American for a small apartment and that a watermelon is 50 bucks...yeah I can see it being expensive

[Conquest10]

Long time no see, beave. 1300 ain't too hard to find around here.

[ChrisX]

Any chance of Melbourne, Australia as the cheapest place to live?

What about Los Angeles?

Well, Sydney is expensive and it is especially so on housing here.

[waheed]

What do the numbers in the brackets mean?

[Guest]

Ha!#22

[bigmicka]

hey Chris,

Melbourne was in the 60's on that poll.

mic

[ChrisX]

hey Chris,

Melbourne was in the 60's on that poll.

mic

Melbourne [68] should be way much cheaper than Sydney. 8)

It is colder down there too.

[BJ_M]

How about the least expensive?

Toronto placed 82, Vancouver, 87; Calgary, 98; and Montreal at 107
( Vancouver 3rd in world in quality of life survey )

Ottawa Canada is the cheapest North American city in which to live at 122

The index complemented a quality of living survey done by the company in March. Together, they show Canada has a relatively affordable high quality of life.
"Canada and Australia have probably the nicest balance of the two – relatively low cost of living and pretty high quality of living," Mercer spokeswoman Danielle Buschen said.
Australia citys placed in the 60s

OVERALL - the cheapest citys were in Latin American, such cities there ranked near or at the bottom of the list, with 142-placed Buenos Aires still trying to recover from Argentina's 2002 monetary crisis. Asuncion in Paraguay was ranked least expensive.

[BJ_M]

What do the numbers in the brackets mean?

rank last year

[rallynavvie]

Do those polls take into account the median pay in the area? I mean if it's expensive to live there sometimes the pay is also higher on average.

[SquirrelDip]

Ottawa Canada is the cheapest North American city in which to live at 122

But no one really lives in Ottawa... They live in Hull and commute...

[BJ_M]

Come on - they would be stupid to live in Hull and pay the PQ taxes vs. ON taxes which are much lower. But they do have the better strip clubs over there..

[BJ_M]

Do those polls take into account the median pay in the area? I mean if it's expensive to live there sometimes the pay is also higher on average.

yes - they take median pay into account

[SquirrelDip]

Actually - I know a number of people living in Hull and commuting... A lot of your big ticket items are cheaper there (homes for one)...

(It was meant as a joke though...)

[BJ_M]

Better in Hull than Kanata for sure

[SquirrelDip]

Better in Hull than Kanata for sure

You got that right!

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Top 25 World's Most Expensive Cities

For what exactly? Paid sex? or to treat what you catch
afterwards?

[BJ_M]

Top 25 World's Most Expensive Cities

For what exactly? Paid sex? or to treat what you catch
afterwards?

see title of thread if you need some help with the meaning :P