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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Krusher on June 14, 2004, 07:39:56 AM
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They ranked the most expensive cities in the world. Dallas did not make the list, but a few surprised me.
Did your home make the list?
2004
Rank City
1 Tokyo, Japan
2 London, UK
3 Moscow, Russia
4 Osaka, Japan
5 Hong Kong
6 Geneva, Switzerland
7 Seoul, South Korea
8 Copenhagen, Denmark
9 Zürich, Switzerland
10 St. Petersburg, Russia
11 Beijing, China
12 New York City, USA
13 Milan, Italy
14 Dublin, Ireland
15 Oslo, Norway
16 Shanghai, China
17 Paris, France
18 Istanbul, Turkey
19 Vienna, Austria
20 Sydney, Australia
21 Rome, Italy
22 Stockholm, Sweden
23 Helsinki, Finland
24 Abidjan, Ivory Coast
25 Douala, Cameroon
26 Amsterdam, Netherlands
27 Los Angeles, USA
28 Berlin, Germany
29 Hanoi, Vietnam
30 Shenzhen, China
31 Taipei, Taiwan
32 Guangzhou, China
33 Tel Aviv, Israel
34 Budapest, Hungary
35 Chicago, USA
36 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
37 Beirut, Lebanon
38 San Francisco, USA
39 Luxembourg
40 Düsseldorf, Germany
41 Glasgow, UK
42 Frankfurt, Germany
43 Munich, Germany
44 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
45 Jakarta, Indonesia
46 Singapore
47 Dakar, Senegal
48 Riga, Latvia
49 Prague, Czech Republic
50 Athens, Greece
51 Birmingham, UK
52 White Plains, USA
53 Brussels, Belgium
54 Kiev, Ukraine
55 Miami, USA
56 Barcelona, Spain
57 Honolulu, USA
58 Hamburg, Germany
59 Zagreb, Croatia
60 Algiers, Algeria
61 Madrid, Spain
62 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
63 Amman, Jordan
64 Kuwait City, Kuwait
65 San Juan, Puerto Rico
66 Casablanca, Morocco
67 Melbourne, Australia
68 Washington, USA
69 Lyon, France
70 Boston, USA
71 Lisbon, Portugal
72 Morristown, USA
73 Houston, USA
74 Almaty, Kazakhstan
75 Tallinn, Estonia
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I am very surprized Elko NV was not listed. Amazing....
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Funny, Miami is cheaper than Brussels....Must be Storch's nearby presence that devaluated real estate a lot ;)
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22 Stockholm, Sweden
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12 New York City, USA
27 Los Angeles, USA
35 Chicago, USA
57 Honolulu, USA
68 Washington, USA
73 Houston, USA
What criteria are they using? I find it hard to believe it is cheaper to live in Honolulu than New York, LA, or Chicago. Nearly everything is shipped to Hawaii, land costs are outrageous and rental housing is scarce.
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Personally, I think that list is high on crack. I went to law school in San Fran. It's @#%$ing expensive.
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Unfortunately, I'm right at the top. :(
But...
The beer is icey cold and delicious :)
The women aren't fat :D
The income more than makes up for the cost of living :cool:
The 30Mbps Adsl line costs $25/month :p
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London is about in the right place for sure.
Ravs
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And so is Barcelona, friggin expensive here
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Why is Moskau at 3. place? Boroda?
Maybe they based their statistic on the prize of one Big Mac?
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That list must rate the cost of living based on what the average person that lives there makes. Seoul isn't all that expensive.
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Originally posted by deSelys
Funny, Miami is cheaper than Brussels....Must be Storch's nearby presence that devaluated real estate a lot ;)
I was wondering what may have caused that *smells his armpits* :D
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Originally posted by rpm371
12 New York City, USA
27 Los Angeles, USA
35 Chicago, USA
57 Honolulu, USA
68 Washington, USA
73 Houston, USA
What criteria are they using? I find it hard to believe it is cheaper to live in Honolulu than New York, LA, or Chicago. Nearly everything is shipped to Hawaii, land costs are outrageous and rental housing is scarce.
Ditto. You can find sub $1,000/mon places that are great 10-15 miles outside Honolulu, like in Ewa beach or something, but you'd get a shower stall for $1,000/mon in the city.
Not to mention the prices of everything else:
"Hun, Im going out to get milk, got a twenty on you?"
That list is kinda screwy - what criteria did they use - some combination of average per capita income figure and prices? On prices alone I think its - well - wrong. Chicago is another example - moved to Philly from there and its much more expensive in this neck of the woods.
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White Plains? Like the one in NY? Morristown?
Puhleeese.
h
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http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1142150
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
I am very surprized Elko NV was not listed. Amazing....
Do you know Elko, NV? I have visited there several times for work. Nice little town.
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57 Honolulu, USA :D
I live on a nearby island, but I can vouche for that.
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This list does not appear accurate. There's no way living in LA is more expensive than San Francisco. Hell, it almost costs more to rent a PO Box in Frisco then an apartment in LA.
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A few more trailer parks would bring the cost of living WAY down in all those cities.
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Originally posted by Dune
Personally, I think that list is high on crack. I went to law school in San Fran. It's @#%$ing expensive.
I saw a list once that listed San Fran as the #1 most expensive US city. Honolulu was # 2.
eskimo
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Chair, I think you're right:
May 2004
Median - All homes
Los Angeles $387K
Orange County $523K
San Diego $439K
Riverside $308K
San Bernardino $229K
Ventura $463K
Median So. California $386K
Alameda $467K
Contra Costa $432K
Marin $666K
Napa $477K
San Francisco $625K
San Mateo $610K
Santa Clara $526K
Solano $344K
Sonoma $415K
Median Bay Area $492K
http://www.dqnews.com
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Originally posted by XtrmeJ
57 Honolulu, USA :D
I live on a nearby island, but I can vouche for that.
You guys probably get it even worse than us here on Oahu. At least for gas prices and food. Gas seems to average about $2.20/gal for 87, unless you fill up near the refineries on the Leeward coast or at Costco. Housing? We just sold our 584 sq. ft. 1 br/bt condo apt for $300k. It's within 15 mins walking to downtown Honolulu. In exchange we're getting a single family home in suburbial east Oahu... 1500 sq. ft. 4 br/2 bth, 5000 sq. ft. lot.
For a little under $600k.
I think medians here for single family is around $430k.
mauser
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Originally posted by mauser
You guys probably get it even worse than us here on Oahu. At least for gas prices and food. Gas seems to average about $2.20/gal for 87, unless you fill up near the refineries on the Leeward coast or at Costco. Housing? We just sold our 584 sq. ft. 1 br/bt condo apt for $300k. It's within 15 mins walking to downtown Honolulu. In exchange we're getting a single family home in suburbial east Oahu... 1500 sq. ft. 4 br/2 bth, 5000 sq. ft. lot.
For a little under $600k.
I think medians here for single family is around $430k.
mauser
I paid $178k for 3800sqft under A/C, 4500sqft under roof on a lake in a gated community within a golfcourse in 1999. We border the everglades. Just apppraised out at $475k. scares the tar outta me how real estate has gone up here. gas is at around $2.05 per gallon 87 oct. I could sell it but then all I could afford was a beercan at one the "mfg home parks" So we's a stayin'.
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Funny, Miami is cheaper than Brussels....Must be Storch's nearby presence that devaluated real estate a lot
Do you know what was the real reason for the big bad wolf blowing down the 3 little pigs home? They moved into the nieborhood and lowerd all the property values... :aok
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Not one Canadian city. ;)
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Originally posted by Thrawn
Not one Canadian city. ;)
Well, theres nothing there.
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39 Luxembourg
I think it could go up on the list. 7$ for a ham & cheese samwich here...
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Originally posted by mauser
You guys probably get it even worse than us here on Oahu. At least for gas prices and food. Gas seems to average about $2.20/gal for 87, unless you fill up near the refineries on the Leeward coast or at Costco. Housing? We just sold our 584 sq. ft. 1 br/bt condo apt for $300k. It's within 15 mins walking to downtown Honolulu. In exchange we're getting a single family home in suburbial east Oahu... 1500 sq. ft. 4 br/2 bth, 5000 sq. ft. lot.
For a little under $600k.
I think medians here for single family is around $430k.
mauser
Gas is about 2.00 - 2.50 here on the Big Island. It's rediculous. At costco its around 1.80 or something. 30 min drive from my house. BTW I'll probably be on Oahu in July.
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Originally posted by Saurdaukar
Well, theres nothing there.
Funny that, you should look at which cities in the world have the best standard of living. ;)
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Originally posted by Horn
White Plains? Like the one in NY? Morristown?
Puhleeese.
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Ever been to Morristown pal?
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London, Zurich, Hong Kong - yep they're ALL expensive.
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Originally posted by Rino
Ever been to Morristown pal?
Yeah, "pal" I have. It doesn't even rate. I notice in Westy's link it's not even mentioned in the top 50. :rolleyes:
Been to White Plains too. Lame list.
Want some expensive real estate? Try Aspen.
h
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Originally posted by Horn
Yeah, "pal" I have. It doesn't even rate. I notice in Westy's link it's not even mentioned in the top 50. :rolleyes:
Been to White Plains too. Lame list.
Want some expensive real estate? Try Aspen.
h
Gee, wonder where alot of those rich folks flying their bizjets
into Aspen come from? Oh yeah..Morristown and White Plains.
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Originally posted by Duedel
Why is Moskau at 3. place? Boroda?
Maybe they based their statistic on the prize of one Big Mac?
Big Mac is about 40 rubles here. $1=29rubles.
This rating is based on hotel prices and other things that foreigners visiting Moscow are supposed to spend money on.
My daily spendings are around 100 rubles, including cigarettes and beer. If I was not too lazy to go buy food in the marketplace - I could save even more.
White bread: 9-10 rubles.
Potatoes: 5-10 rubles/kg
Meat: 80-200 rubles/kg
Cigarettes: I smoke "XXI century" biofilter, it's 13 rubles/pack. (Cheapest stuff from Soviet times starts at 3 rubles/pack.)
Beer: local brew is 12-20 rubles/0.5L
Vodka: 60-100 rubles/0.5L
Petrol: 12-15 rubles/litre
Underground ticket: 10 rubles.
Monthly rent for my 3-roomed flat (57 square meters) is 950 rubles. It includes central heating, cold and hot water, trash removal etc.
Who needs anything else? ;)
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Yeah right, some of those cities have a long way to go before I'll want to live there. That list is bogus.