Tokyo remains the world's most expensive city
Tokyo is still the world's priciest city, followed by London, Moscow, Osaka and Hong Kong.
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Originally Posted by BBC News
It said it would set you back 1,950 a month in London to rent a luxury two-bedroom unfurnished apartment, compared with 840 in Dublin, 1,311 in Paris and 908 in Rome.
Then and unhelpful and strange analysis from CNN :
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The weak American dollar and strong European and Asian currencies helped make Tokyo and London the most expensive cities in the world, according to a survey released Monday.
Why ? Tokyo, HK and Osaka have been at the top for years, even when the US$ was much stronger. London has always been more expensive than any American city.
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The rest of the top 20 remained fairly constant, although Paris; Vienna, Austria and Istanbul, Turkey made their first appearances so high in the rankings.
Sorry, couldn't help complaining about these CNN reporters in Atlanta, USA, Earth :D who find the need to specify that Vienna is in Austria and Istanbul in Turkey. I guess that if people have enough education to read the news, then they should know that. :okashii:
Tokyo Remains the Most expensive city...
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From Japan today:
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 07:15 JST
LONDON — Tokyo remains the most expensive city in the world in terms of cost of living, a report released Tuesday by the Economist Intelligence Unit revealed.
After Tokyo came Osaka, Oslo, Paris, Copenhagen and Zurich, with the top six remaining unchanged. In contrast, no cities in the United States feature in the top 20, with New York dropping from 13th in the previous survey to 23rd. At the bottom of the list was Tehran, with Manila and Mumbai above it. The survey compared the cost of a basket of goods and services in dollar terms from 124 cities worldwide to provide guidance for the calculation of executive allowances. (Kyodo News)
I know tokyo and Osaka (sharing with Kobe) are in the top most expensive city's in the world, but what make this cities's so expensive???... i never been to japan myself yet... so can anybody give me some examples?
I am not on the same opinion
Well I have been 1 week in november 2006 and I spent
in a Shinjuku hotel superior 80 euros a day less than in Rome
bear our main train station,
for meals normally I have spent for a complete japanese meals
from 5000 to max 7000 yen....for electronics in akihabara
some of the guys of my group mad a good purchase and save a lot of money for cameras mp3 and notebook....
what is more expensive for us are transports... but my daily
expenses for meals and bevarage was less than 15.000 yen per day
In Rome, where I live a medium price for a meal (acceptable) is
15-20 euros (per meal) eve a simple pizza and coke seated at a table costs around 10 euros so around 15.000 yen.
Perhaps the high cost of the life there are houses (to buy) I guarantee
you that in Rome or Milan for a small appartment to rent downtown
is not less than 100.000 yen but it is difficolt to find....
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Originally Posted by
Maciamo
Tokyo is still the world's priciest city, followed by London, Moscow, Osaka and Hong Kong.
Then and unhelpful and strange analysis from
CNN :
Why ? Tokyo, HK and Osaka have been at the top for years, even when the US$ was much stronger. London has always been more expensive than any American city.
Sorry, couldn't help complaining about these CNN reporters in Atlanta, USA, Earth :D who find the need to specify that Vienna is in Austria and Istanbul in Turkey. I guess that if people have enough education to read the news, then they should know that. :okashii: