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Well try moving to Oslo, baby, and see how that grabs you! You'll be wishing for one of those overpriced $6 beers in Williamsburg when you are paying $9.40 for some Carlsburg lager at a bar swathed in the perpetual darkness of a Norwegian winter! Check out this CNN Money article for the full list of the world's most expensive cities-- New York doesn't even make the top ten (we're 27th!) We used their data to calculate the highly unscientific list of prices below (yes, yes, yes-- we understand that some goods are more expensive than others, and that exchange rates do play into it-- but bear with us):
If you're looking for some city cheapness, the article recommends Asuncion, Paraguay, or Karachi, Pakistan. We'd also recommend the Bronx-- but five minutes ago we heard the last block had been gentrified, so you're shit out of luck there.
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Yeah, but consider that you can go to a true, actual university in Oslo for FREE. That's a lot of beers.
"We'd also recommend the Bronx-- but five minutes ago we heard the last block had been gentrified, so you're shit out of luck there."
Um, the Bronx is part of New York City; I'm quite sure that they meant the five boroughs as a whole comprising New York, not just Manhattan.
However, if Manhattan was taken separately for matters of this poll, it would probably bump up a few spots on the list.
Norway has arguably the highest quality of life worldwide,
free health care, free education & a great social saftey net.
So they have to spend a little more on beer?
to the writer of this column
fuck off.
stay in williamsburg or harlem and get herpes. come to the bronx and i'll throw you in front of the 1 train.
Since when was Switzerland a city, and why does it get a separate listing from Zurich?
This is kind of stupid.
Really, all it reflects is that the dollar has gone down in value.
The right question is, how much does it cost the average resident, at average wages, to earn enough to buy these things.
It is a good piece for encouraging tourism to the U.S., though. Or, perhaps, a shopping guide for American tourists.
Yeah, well take a look at the standards of living in those cities and then let's compare!
These rankings are for expats & business travelers only. The calculation is done by what it would cost to live like an american in that city. Hamburgers, beer, etc
New york doesn't make it because its cheap to live like an american in new york.
If you trade beer for sake, and burgers for sushi, and coffee for tea, tokyo would drop quite a bit.
some of the prices looked at:
Rent of a luxury two bedroom unfurnished apartment (per month)
Bus or subway ride
Music CD
1 issue of international daily newspaper
1 cup of coffee, including service
Fast food hamburger meal
This month is baby killing season in the Bronx so your likely to survive at least a week if you are over the age of 5...
I like the laundry mats, bodegas, and little shops. Please don't ruin it...we like it the way it is..
I too take this survey with a grain of salt - it seems too formulaic. I know from Icelandic, Finnish and Norweigan people that the beer is exceedingly expensive, but they didn't mention anything about the rent being more than in London! (this all took place in London.) In fact, they all testify that London is the most expensive city they have dealt with.
Other things they should examine, in my opinion:
I have the feeling that the exchange rate has a lot to do with this entire study. If we all got paid in some universal currency, I'm sure things would be different - but I don't think we'll see a new upper class of Scandanavians arrive in NYC anytime soon.