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may be going · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 129 Location: australia

i thought the same as jim. a really good article if you want to generate discussion on a range of topics, including media bias, media misrepresentation, why each city might be where it is, critical thinking techniques etc etc.

it has a variety of really useful stuff you could pick through but sadly, authenticity is not one of them.

as we live in one of the cities named we're able to add to the conjecture.

however, it makes you wonder about what to believe in any of the 'studies' published on topics we're not so clued into.....

JonnyB61 · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 216 Location: Japan

JonnyB61 · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 216 Location: Japan

Whoops!
Didn't mean to do this.
Embarassed

furiousmilksheikali · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:42 pm Post subject:

Nismo · Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 520

You can make any city seem expensive with enough determination.

cornishmuppet · Joined: 27 Mar 2004 Posts: 642 Location: Nagano, Japan

I was surprised Moscow came out top, I would have put my money on London for sure!

furiousmilksheikali · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:28 am Post subject:

may be going · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 129 Location: australia

which begs the question again, where and how do you think the relevant people involved get their info? i mean it lists over 100 countries so presumably it takes a lot of time to collate. therefore perhaps it's taken somewhat seriously by its creators??

in such case you'd think s.one must be verifying things somewhere along the line or are they just going for the bill gates type expat and trying to fluff over the silliness of such a method and have us meekly believe their results?

i really am curious having seen seoul in the top 5 also. (i've lived in seoul and it ain't nowhere near as expensive for the everyday things as tokyo)

furiousmilksheikali · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:19 am Post subject:

The company that compiled the report also have given something of a description of its methodology here:

http://www.mercerhr.com/summary.jhtml;jsessionid=JII4FITW3UN1WCTGOUFCIIQKMZ0QUJLW?idContent=1096705

I started reading and became very bored within about a minute so I don't now if the information you seek is there or not, but I did read this:

may be going · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 129 Location: australia

sallycat · Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 303 Location: behind you. BOO!

if you get paid for it, that makes you professional...

may be going · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 129 Location: australia

hahaha that's a very loose way of defining professional......that could open up a real can of worms if we defined professionalism that way.

i once got paid to _________________ (insert act of professionalism here)

gaijinalways · Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 2279

It's one part of the defintion of professional. Hence many musicians, some virtually unknown, some great, some indifferent, some bad, are professionals. Might be the same for teachers..... Cool

womblingfree · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 826

At the luxury end of the market Tokyo may be more expensive, but to live? London living is a hell of a lot more expensive than Tokyo, same goes for most major international cities.

Matsuya? Yoshinoya? MoMo Paradise? Local train pass? No matter how much I eat and drink at an izakaya it never seems to be more than 4,000 yen? All night karaoke with unlimited alcohol? Bic Camera points card? An apartment TO YOURSELF!!!

I'd be lucky to get a packet of peanuts in the UK for the price of grilled salmon, rice and salad in Japan.

jademonkey · Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 180

I lived on 100,000 yen a month for a while in Tokyo, inclusive of everything including eating at a mildly priced place such as Gyu kaku etc once a week or so. I lived in a 1LDK about 15 minutes from Takadanobaba. Tokyo is not expensive unless you either know nothing about it or want to live it up, which it provides for very well.