palechibi 2,748 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Expatistan Cost of Living Index Ranking City Price Index * 1 Zurich (Switzerland) 302 2 Geneva (Switzerland) 297 3 Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands) 296 4 London (United Kingdom) 296 5 Bern (Switzerland) 272 6 Washington D.C. (United States) 264 7 San Francisco, California (United States) 263 8 New York City (United States) 263 9 Hong Kong 261 10 Singapore 251 11 Oslo (Norway) 243 12 Aberdeen (United Kingdom) 225 13 Chicago, Illinois (United States) 221 14 Boston, Massachusetts (United States) 219 15 Sydney (Australia) 219 16 Perth (Australia) 219 17 Melbourne (Australia) 218 18 Honolulu, Hawaii (United States) 216 19 Paris (France) 216 20 San Jose, California (United States) 215 21 Brisbane (Australia) 213 22 Los Angeles, California (United States) 211 23 Dublin (Ireland) 210 24 Tokyo (Japan) 209 25 Copenhagen (Denmark) 209 26 Seattle, Washington (United States) 209 27 Stockholm (Sweden) 208 28 Miami, Florida (United States) 207 29 Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 203 30 Oakland, California (United States) 202 more here - the fact i'm living in #3 makes me wanna gtfo of here even more jfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimo 4,045 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Living in the US must be expensive huh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siwan 1,297 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 how is dubai so low? #justicefordubai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nilth 1,316 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I'm surprised New York City is ranked that high. O.O I lived here and it's not that expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Eight 6,542 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Aberdeen what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancor288 3,306 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I'm surprised New York City is ranked that high. O.O I lived here and it's not that expensive. You're kidding right? NYC is super expensive. The average rent for a small ass studio is about 2500 and for a 1 bedroom is 3000...add to that the minimum wage is only at 8.75 (which millions of new yorkers are living by) and essentially majority of New Yorkers are living either at the bottom or at the top. There is barely a middle class. And now with vacancy decontrol being a big problem, lots and lots of building owners are going to start deregulating apartments so they can move in either rich college kids or move in idiot college kids that come from other places and are willing to live with 6 other strangers just so they can brag about being a New Yorker... Also, add to this that the cost of food has gone up...A gallon of milk is about 5 dollars in most of Manhattan and about 3.99 else where, when it used to be 2 dollars almost everywhere about two years ago. NYC is one of the most expensive cities in America and it's only getting worse with the income disparity. I can't wait to move the F out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStrange1357 703 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Dang the U.S. is up there. But thankfully not my city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveusaitama 318 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 seriously? s.korea and japan that low??? what a surprise!!!imagine no 1? Switzerland !?? ,Singapore at no.10 ....yeah i know ....the money hardship....but they give you high salary thou ,after watch the long list ,seem like eastern euro is has the lowest living cost from euro region ,im going there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mischo 7,462 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 uhm Dubai need to be highere no ? it's super expensive.. my friend who lived there for 8 years say that the her daughter's school year cost 7000$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikaEGO 8,626 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I live near Los Angeles and San Francisco and we're doing just fine here. Well, my from my perspective not my parents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Schulman 7,940 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Aberdeen whatmy friend is going to uni there and she talked about how expensive it is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midna 2,032 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 No Canada :O guess i am lucky, but still, I find everything expensive af cuz of the taxes.. oh wow we are 44th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savior Qrisus 565 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Hm..... I don't find Atlanta expensive to be honest.... however on the Georgia Coast the prices there excluding Brunswick and Savannah just have me like.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK15 2,108 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Paris only 19?? lol yeah right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savior Qrisus 565 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Paris only 19?? lol yeah right Good I'm not the only one who thought this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palechibi 2,748 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 Paris only 19?? lol yeah right i was thinking this too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lesigh* 6,759 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I'm surprised Miami is that high... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nilth 1,316 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 You're kidding right? NYC is super expensive. The average rent for a small ass studio is about 2500 and for a 1 bedroom is 3000...add to that the minimum wage is only at 8.75 (which millions of new yorkers are living by) and essentially majority of New Yorkers are living either at the bottom or at the top. There is barely a middle class. And now with vacancy decontrol being a big problem, lots and lots of building owners are going to start deregulating apartments so they can move in either rich college kids or move in idiot college kids that come from other places and are willing to live with 6 other strangers just so they can brag about being a New Yorker... Also, add to this that the cost of food has gone up...A gallon of milk is about 5 dollars in most of Manhattan and about 3.99 else where, when it used to be 2 dollars almost everywhere about two years ago. NYC is one of the most expensive cities in America and it's only getting worse with the income disparity. I can't wait to move the F out. Well, I do agree with you. Even my parents moved out cause the cost of living was ridiculous. It seems as if you were talking about Manhattan rather than NYC as a whole though. Cause my Brooklyn rent was nowhere as expensive. (4 rooms for - $1,700 in 2014). Btw, hope you move out soon. You'll get so much more freedom and less stress. And don't get me wrong, I do think NYC is expensive but I just didn't expect it to be within the top 10. And tbh, other than the milk and some other food items, I don't think the food prices are that ridiculous. It's just a little more expensive than Texas. And well, pardon me for ignorance, but I'm just a kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK15 2,108 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 i was thinking this too Good I'm not the only one who thought this. yeah there's no way that ranking is true... when I look at my (past) rent(s) and how much I had to pay/borrow to buy my current apartment... lol @ Paris being only 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savior Qrisus 565 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 BTW Why isn't Washington, D.C on here? EDIT: I'M BLIND TBFH THAT RANKING IS LEGIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NARA. 1,708 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 139.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesclues 5,048 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Paris and Miami rankings are lower than I thought. Hmm. I live near Los Angeles and San Francisco and we're doing just fine here. Well, my from my perspective not my parents Wow, you sound like brat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikaEGO 8,626 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Paris and Miami rankings are lower than I thought. Hmm. Wow, you sound like brat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omni 1,778 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Surprised Toronto is that low. Everything feels expensive here. These other cities must be an overpriced mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midna 2,032 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Surprised Toronto is that low. Everything feels expensive here. It's the taxes T_T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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