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Offline Krusher

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« 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
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Offline Fishu

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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2006, 07:33:40 AM »
Damn it!  I demand a better wage, or less than horrendous taxes.
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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2006, 07:38:24 AM »
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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.
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« Reply #3 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).
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« Reply #4 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
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« Reply #5 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!
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« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2006, 09:51:48 AM »
****. And I thought Moscow was bad.
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« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2006, 10:01:12 AM »
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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?
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« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2006, 10:20:45 AM »
$50 pizza!
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« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2006, 10:25:18 AM »
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$50 pizza!
:lol  Yeah, I remember that thread. :D
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« Reply #10 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...
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« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2006, 10:49:22 AM »
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The question begs, why is Oslo so expensive? Socialism?


High average income.
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« Reply #12 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.
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« Reply #13 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.

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« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2006, 11:59:15 AM »
I need a bomb shelter... I agree with lazs, the end of the world is near.
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