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World´s Most Expensive Cities
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 10:15 am |
Here´s this year´s ranking of World´s Most Expensive Cities opened by:
1. London
2. Oslo
3. Dublin
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Istanbul at 29th position
The criterion was the cost of a weighted shopping basket geared to Western European consumer habits containing 122 goods and services including rent.
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 05:43 pm |
Houston is not on the list! YEAH!!!!
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 05:55 pm |
Neither is Rotterdam!
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 05:57 pm |
Quoting Trudy: Neither is Rotterdam! |
So we have money left over for .....
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 06:01 pm |
Berlin is below Istanbul at place 30, then underneath there´s Seoul, Lisbon, Miami, Dubai, Hong Kong, Athens, Warsaw (place 44), Prague (place 50 ).
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 06:02 pm |
Quoting Elisabeth: Quoting Trudy: Neither is Rotterdam! |
So we have money left over for ..... |
Well, at 2,40€ (3,75$) a draft beer, that won´t last long, I´m afraid...
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 06:56 pm |
Don´t complain Trudy, it is about 4€ here
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 07:06 pm |
Quoting Daydreamer: Don´t complain Trudy, it is about 4€ here |
Here is Ireland? Yes, I was there in 1996 and even then it was a very expensive country. I´ll go to Japan again, a beer in a pub (canned, they hardly know drafts) costs only 1,50€!
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 07:11 pm |
Oh, my city, Lyon, is just above my home city Istanbul in the 28th place. From which market in İstanbul did they fill the basket, for me Lyon is much more expensive.
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 07:21 pm |
Quoting mltm: Oh, my city, Lyon, is just above my home city Istanbul in the 28th place. From which market in İstanbul did they fill the basket, for me Lyon is much more expensive. |
I would also think so!
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 07:26 pm |
Actually that list does not seem very accurate based on what I know about US cities.
Here´s another one for the US.
Priciest places in the US
Although they say NYC is pricier than SF, I can say for a fact that SF is more expensive. The reason is because the public transportation is so bad, you have to have a car in the SF area to get around. I moved from NY to SF and my cost of living went up a tleast 400 %
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 07:31 pm |
Quoting alameda: Actually that list does not seem very accurate based on what I know about US cities.
Here´s another one for the US.
Priciest places in the US
Although they say NYC is pricier than SF, I can say for a fact that SF is more expensive. The reason is because the public transportation is so bad, you have to have a car in the SF area to get around. I moved from NY to SF and my cost of living went up a tleast 400 % |
But there is a 25% differential in CA for salary compensation. So even though the cost of living is high, employers pay at least 25% more. I still think all of CA is extremely high.
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 07:47 pm |
Quoting Daydreamer: Don´t complain Trudy, it is about 4€ here |
Do you people need me to send you plane tickets????? For goodness sakes, beer is $1.00 a draft during happy hour at a Mexican restaurant down the street from my house! It´s only 1.99 after happy hour!
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 07:49 pm |
Quoting Elisabeth:
Do you people need me to send you plane tickets????? For goodness sakes, beer is $1.00 a draft during happy hour at a Mexican restaurant down the street from my house! It´s only 1.99 after happy hour! |
I can be packed and ready at the airport in 2 hours!!
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 07:55 pm |
Quoting girleegirl: Quoting Elisabeth:
Do you people need me to send you plane tickets????? For goodness sakes, beer is $1.00 a draft during happy hour at a Mexican restaurant down the street from my house! It´s only 1.99 after happy hour! |
I can be packed and ready at the airport in 2 hours!! |
Make that 2!!
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 08:16 pm |
Quoting Leelu: Quoting girleegirl: Quoting Elisabeth:
Do you people need me to send you plane tickets????? For goodness sakes, beer is $1.00 a draft during happy hour at a Mexican restaurant down the street from my house! It´s only 1.99 after happy hour! |
I can be packed and ready at the airport in 2 hours!! |
Make that 2!! |
I would love to say ´make it 3´ but I still can´t sit 8 hours. However, business class will do fine too, Elisabeth....
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 08:34 pm |
I´ll take Trudy´s ticket.
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 08:43 pm |
Party at Lisa´s!!!
But would you please not make your soup? I saw the picture of what it may have done to SOH!
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01 Aug 2008 Fri 09:12 pm |
Quoting teaschip: I´ll take Trudy´s ticket. |
No way! Tourist class means sitting, which I can´t too long at a time right now yet but in business class I can lay on my back. I´ll wave to you, ok?
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02 Aug 2008 Sat 09:03 am |
I´d take it right on the spot, but queuing in the US Embassy to get a visa puts me off
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02 Aug 2008 Sat 09:17 am |
Quoting Daydreamer: I´d take it right on the spot, but queuing in the US Embassy to get a visa puts me off |
Do you need a visa for the US?
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02 Aug 2008 Sat 09:43 am |
Yeap, those bed Americans want to install anti-rocket shield in Poland but will not give us visa-free entry. But I can meet you guys for beer on the border in Canada I don´t need a visa to go there
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02 Aug 2008 Sat 09:59 am |
Quoting Daydreamer: Yeap, those bed Americans want to install anti-rocket shield in Poland but will not give us visa-free entry. But I can meet you guys for beer on the border in Canada I don´t need a visa to go there |
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