2006-10-21 06:28:35 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Most Expensive Countries to Live in
Rank Country
1 Japan
2 South Korea
3 Russia
4 Taiwan
5 Norway
6 Hong Kong
7 Switzerland
8 Denmark
9 Argentina
10 China
11 Finland
12 Cote d'Ivoire
13 United States
14 Sweden
15 Venezuela
16 United Kingdom
17 Singapore
18 Oman
19 Jordan
20 Kuwait
However, real estate prices (or rent) need to be factored in for new arrivals, and this will put the UK (southeast England, anyway) quite a bit higher on the list. Also, cross-border cost of living indexes have the weakness of assuming similar purchasing patterns whereas one modifies outlays to compensate for those aspects of life that are free or subsidized in one country and not in another.
Thus: health care and higher education are cheap or free in Britain, and expensive in the USA. Real estate is expensive in Britain and cheap (except in a few urban centers and much of California) in the USA.
A few examples of how a particular city's costs can skew the comparison:
Oslo "priciest city in the world": http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/4669400.stm
London "second most costly city":
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3803303.stm
Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago . . .:
http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/11/pf/costofliving/
2006-10-21 06:35:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to the Mercer Human Resources 2005 Cost of Living survey, the top 10 most expensive cities in the world to live in are:
1. Tokyo, Japan
2. Osaka, Japan
3. London, England
4. Moscow, Russia
5. Seoul, South Korea
6. Geneva, Switzerland
7. Zurich, Switzerland
8. Copenhagen, Denmark
9. Hong Kong, Hong Kong
10. Oslo, Norway
2006-10-21 06:40:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moscow
June 2006 figures.
Worldwide Cost of Living Survey 2006 – city rankings
United Kingdom
London, 26 June 2006
Moscow replaces Tokyo as world’s most expensive city; Asuncion in Paraguay is the cheapest
Most Eastern European cities have dropped sharply in the rankings
Many US cities have risen in the rankings due to the strength of the dollar
You're right haho
2006-10-21 07:47:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definately Japan, they are way more advanced than the US and their cost of living is extremely high.
2006-10-21 06:55:19 · answer #4 · answered by heather d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Japan
2006-10-21 06:30:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
japan Paris and London are also very expensive however i think that china and India with a growing economies will start to attract a richer crowd pushing prices up.
2006-10-21 06:37:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tokyo, Japan becuase they have the latest Technology and there way ahead of us.
2006-10-21 06:36:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Korea
The information was on Yahoo news a couple months ago.
2006-10-21 06:38:38 · answer #8 · answered by HILA H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Old Confederacy..A very high cost of living.here folks. its also hot. humid. snakes are terrible. alligators kill people all the time,, The bugs are so big they can carry off small children. please do not move south.it is BAD for your health.Y'all.
2006-10-21 06:49:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess Russia, Moscow.
2006-10-21 06:42:21 · answer #10 · answered by hahol 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋