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ed4444
Joined: 12 Oct 2004
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 Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:42 am Post subject: New most expensive cities in the world report for 2005 |
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from Mercer.com
1. Tokyo
2. Osaka
3. London
4. Moscow
5. Seoul
6 Geneva
7. Zurich
8. Copenhagen
9. Hong Kong
10. Oslo
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13. New York = 13. Dublin
20. Sydney
69. Auckland
82. Toronto |
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buddy bradley
Joined: 24 Aug 2003
Location: The Beyond
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:46 am Post subject: |
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20. Sydney
69. Auckland
82. Toronto |
And what's so special about these cities? |
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ed4444
Joined: 12 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:56 am Post subject: |
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A lot of teachers that post on these boards come from those cities or the nearby areas.
You would have to ask them what is special about their cities. |
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plokiju
Joined: 15 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:23 am Post subject: |
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I never understand how they get these results. I don't understand how Moscow could be more expensive than Oslo. Is it based on cost of living and some factor of income over tax etc. or is it absolute cost of living?
I've always heard Reykavik is very expensive; I've heard Icelanders go to Norway for cheaper things. I wonder what size you have to be to be considered a major city. |
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ed4444
Joined: 12 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:32 am Post subject: |
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I've been to Moscow a few times and it costs a fortune to buy anything there.
Seoul seems a little too high though. I think Gangnam must be skewing the figures.
If you have a awful lot of free time the mercer website explains exactly how they calculate things. I didn't read it though. |
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livinginkorea
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
Location: Korea, South of the border
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:17 am Post subject: |
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13. Dublin
I knew that it would be expensive but I never thought it would be that high up in the list!!  It has been in a lot of lists recently especially in Europe and it's always been in the top 3. |
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blunder1983
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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Mwah ha ha, I knew moving to Korea was the right thing to do. After tax and travel I was getting 8k a year in London, now I'm on 13k + accom  |
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plokiju
Joined: 15 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:36 am Post subject: |
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I found this in an old article since I didn't know where to go on the Mercer page:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/08/1025667113599.html?oneclick=true
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The annual Mercer survey, which covers 144 cities, measures the comparative cost of more than 200 items in each location, including housing, food, clothing, household goods, transport and entertainment.
The data is used to assist multinational companies in determining compensation allowances for expatriate workers. |
Apperently, Dublin was ranked 73 in 2002. How could it rise that much in 3 years? Well, I kind of know how but it's still incredible. |
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Badmojo
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:49 am Post subject: |
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| plokiju wrote: |
I found this in an old article since I didn't know where to go on the Mercer page:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/08/1025667113599.html?oneclick=true
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The annual Mercer survey, which covers 144 cities, measures the comparative cost of more than 200 items in each location, including housing, food, clothing, household goods, transport and entertainment.
The data is used to assist multinational companies in determining compensation allowances for expatriate workers. |
Apperently, Dublin was ranked 73 in 2002. How could it rise that much in 3 years? Well, I kind of know how but it's still incredible. |
When I was down in the South of Ireland last year I was surprised to hear that house prices had tripled recently. The country got rich in a hurry. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:49 am Post subject: |
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| buddy bradley wrote: |
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20. Sydney
69. Auckland
82. Toronto |
And what's so special about these cities? |
Depends what you mean by special. Special as in why are they so expensive? Well, Toronto is expensive because of rents, housing prices, and car insurance. |
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ed4444
Joined: 12 Oct 2004
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deessell
Joined: 08 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:05 am Post subject: |
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| I think that you will find that these figures are based on an expat standard of living......which translates into western style accomodation and buying western foodstuffs. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:27 am Post subject: Re: New most expensive cities in the world report for 2005 |
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| ed4444 wrote: |
1. Tokyo
2. Osaka |
To visit absolutely. I paid $300 U.S. to stay at a midrange hotel in Osaka.
To visit? Absolutely not! Tons of motels for under $50 a night, including some decent ones near the nambu bus terminal. Food's cheap. Taxis are amazingly low priced.
Perhaps to live there: property values.
MUCH MORE expensive than Seoul to visit as a tourist. Not even close. |
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ed4444
Joined: 12 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:33 am Post subject: |
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| Capsule hotels are $20 a night in Osaka. Long live the capsule! |
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paperbag princess
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: veggie hell
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| this is based on places to visit, or places to live? sorry, i'm getting a little confused. must drink more coffee. |
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