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Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Krusher on February 03, 2006, 07:22:03 AM: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World.

What's up with Reykjavik, its in the middle of nowhere !

1 Oslo, Norway
2 Tokyo, Japan
3 Reykjavik, Iceland
4 Osaka Kobe, Japan
4 Paris, France
6 Copenhagen, Denmark
7 London, UK
8 Zurich, Switzerland
9 Geneva, Switzerland
10 Helsinki, Finland
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Fishu on February 03, 2006, 07:33:40 AM: Damn it! I demand a better wage, or less than horrendous taxes.
Title: Re: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Curval on February 03, 2006, 07:38:24 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Krusher
What's up with Reykjavik, its in the middle of nowhere !

Which explains why it costs so much. They probably have to import everything from food to furniture. Also, house building would be very expensive, as would office buildings etc.

My guess anyway.
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on February 03, 2006, 07:55:26 AM: Yea but they have free energy Curval. Which should be a major plus (especially in cold climate).
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Replicant on February 03, 2006, 09:03:47 AM: I went to Copenhagen in December and everything was seriously expensive. I was paying roughly £4.50 (€6.70 or $8.03) for a pint of beer! Needless to say it didn't stop me drinking :lol
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: cpxxx on February 03, 2006, 09:32:09 AM: Alcohol gets more expensive the further north you go. With all those long dark winter nights. People there tend to get depressed and drink themselves to death. When I visited Reykjavik I found out that people would drink at home before going out to the pubs. I had an ordinary enough meal in a hotel. No starter, no dessert and the cheapest wine we could get. It cost the two of us about 100 Euro.
I was there with a bunch of Irish. I've never seen so many Irish stay sober so much.

The only natural resources they have are volcanic rock and fish. An Icelandic joke: What do you do if you get lost in an Icelandic forest? Stand up!
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Wolfala on February 03, 2006, 09:51:48 AM: ****. And I thought Moscow was bad.
Title: Re: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Ripsnort on February 03, 2006, 10:01:12 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Krusher
The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World.

What's up with Reykjavik, its in the middle of nowhere !

1 Oslo, Norway
2 Tokyo, Japan
3 Reykjavik, Iceland
4 Osaka Kobe, Japan
4 Paris, France
6 Copenhagen, Denmark
7 London, UK
8 Zurich, Switzerland
9 Geneva, Switzerland
10 Helsinki, Finland

The question begs, why is Oslo so expensive? Socialism?
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: FUNKED1 on February 03, 2006, 10:20:45 AM: $50 pizza!
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Ripsnort on February 03, 2006, 10:25:18 AM: Quote
Originally posted by FUNKED1
$50 pizza!
:lol Yeah, I remember that thread. :D
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Staga on February 03, 2006, 10:34:30 AM: Heh beer costs 2.50€ / 0,5l in here in the pubs and I thought it's expensive...
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on February 03, 2006, 10:49:22 AM: Quote
The question begs, why is Oslo so expensive? Socialism?

High average income.
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Dinger on February 03, 2006, 10:52:38 AM: actually, moscow is on some lists. And some cities are too small to be counted. I lived in one of those 'too small to be counted' places for the last 15 months -- well except for the time I spent in #6. Now I'm halfwaz between #s 8 and 9, and no, they ain't backing up the brinks trucks into my bank account.
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: lazs2 on February 03, 2006, 11:03:28 AM: I don't care what my income is so much as how much of it I am allowed to keep and how much things cost when I have to buy em.

lazs
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Saintaw on February 03, 2006, 11:59:15 AM: I need a bomb shelter... I agree with lazs, the end of the world is near.
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Hangtime on February 03, 2006, 12:44:33 PM: Quote
Originally posted by lazs2
I don't care what my income is so much as how much of it I am allowed to keep and how much things cost when I have to buy em.

lazs

It's the same everywhere.. it's not how much you make, but how much you keep. Here in NY, they don't let you keep much.
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Rolex on February 03, 2006, 03:35:24 PM: Perhaps it's because the list is strange?

This is the ranking for 2005 from the source most used by companies to set cost of living allowances:

1 Tokyo, Japan
2 Osaka, Japan
3 London, United Kingdom
4 Moscow, Russia
5 Seoul, South Korea
6 Geneva, Switzerland
7 Zurich, Switzerland
8 Copenhagen, Denmark
9 Hong Kong, Hong Kong
10 Oslo, Norway
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Replicant on February 03, 2006, 05:23:46 PM: Where I live it's number 37 (Munich) but it's also number 5 in the World Quality of Life survey - see here! (https://secure.mercerhr.com/registerEvent.jhtml?idContent=1197215)
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Stringer on February 03, 2006, 05:28:02 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Replicant
Where I live it's number 37 (Munich) but it's also number 5 in the World Quality of Life survey - see here! (https://secure.mercerhr.com/registerEvent.jhtml?idContent=1197215)

This is the time, on Sprockets, when we dance!!! (sry, couldn't resist :) )
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Replicant on February 03, 2006, 05:34:16 PM: Que?
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Stringer on February 03, 2006, 05:35:09 PM: Old Mike Meyers skit on Saturday Night Live.

I'll try to find a link for it.
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Gunslinger on February 03, 2006, 08:58:50 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Stringer
Old Mike Meyers skit on Saturday Night Live.

I'll try to find a link for it.

"THIS CONVERSATION HAS BECOME TIRESOME. TOUCH MY MONKEY, TOUCH IT!"
Title: The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Post by: Vulcan on February 03, 2006, 09:24:33 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Replicant
Where I live it's number 37 (Munich) but it's also number 5 in the World Quality of Life survey - see here! (https://secure.mercerhr.com/registerEvent.jhtml?idContent=1197215)

Hmmmmm number 14 (Wellington) in quality, and doesn't even make it in the COL numbers :)