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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: PARIS
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where do you live??
hii
![]() i hope you all will find this interesting here is the list of 144 expensive cities . ---------------------------------------------------------------- mumbai (bombay) - 109 delhi -116 chennai(madras) _ 132 Bangalore _ 137 ------------------------------------------------------------------- tokyo - 1 london - 2 new york -12 paris -16 shanghai -17 ----------------------------------------------------------------- here are the links: http://www.rediff.com/money/2004/jun/14tab.htm http://us.rediff.com/money/2004/jun/14cost.htm so where do you live ? some Canadian cities are ranked cheaper than Bombay and Delhi but i still think Canadians find India cheaper than Canada (the tourists). Any comments?Last edited by indiamike : Jun 15th, 2004 at 04:42. |
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Cambridge, MA, USA
Posts: 449
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I have always found these classifications silly for a simple reason:
They pick a set of standards and measure them in every city--like the things an American businessman relocating to Istanbul might want. I remember reading one such classification once where they included the price of a salad, a Honda Civic, a man's business suit, and even a private American school! Different cities should be judged by how one spends the money in that city. If public transportation is how people get around, so be it. That's not how people get around in Austin, Texas or Phoenix, Arizona. Nobody eats salad in Hong Kong. And you can't just compare the cost of the Hyatt in Delhi with the Hyatt in Boston and call that a valid comparison because Boston doesn't offer cheap places to stay. The thought that Mumbai is more expensive than Pittsburgh or Montreal is laughable. |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Russia/Goverdhan
Posts: 189
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Strange to find 2 Russian capitals and Kiev among the top.
It doesn't coincide with my travel experience of being in Europe-USA. And also with normal salaries and living wage in Russia and Ukraine. ![]() Seems that the journalist stayed in top hotels there, that only foreigners can afford, well, restaurants are expansive there. Shop prices varify. But they are expansive compare to the rest of country. |
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Delhi
Posts: 353
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I have lived in Delhi and Mumbai and found Delhi costlier than Mumbai..maybe life-style has changed also plus my daughter started going to school in Delhi.
So find there no way you can make use of this data which is based on some indexes which comprise of some fixed things egges, potatos, accomodation, travel etc etc...(like Tomi has said.."noone eats salad in Hong Kong") And then wages are different in different cities. |
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Lost in translation
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: India !
Posts: 2,232
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That Panwallah and Panipuri walla at Powai (suburb Bambay) earns more than three times what a doctor with a small clinic earns in a small town like Varkala or Mettupalayam or Belur.
We need a ‘happiness index’, that is, which people are more peaceful (to themselves) and happy. Or do we already have one?? |
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Maha Guru Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Australia
Posts: 1,039
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Is it based on cost of living vs. average salary or something? If it's true that it's more expensive to live in Sydney than LA, I would move there for a while just to check it out..
Beach: Shows where everyone's priorities are, doesn't it If there was a reliable way of working out which city has the happiest inhabitants, I'd move to their recommended city immediately! |
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Delhi
Posts: 353
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..a good thaught Beach!I think: Happiness = Expectation - (minus) Realisation I don't think it has anything to do with city |
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Maha Guru Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Australia
Posts: 1,039
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Since I finished school (on average) I've lived in a different city every year anyway (coming back through the same cities every once in a while though), so I could definitely deal with that -
In fact it would make me even happier to do so! ![]() |
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Russia/Goverdhan
Posts: 189
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"noone eats salad in Hong Kong"
I don't see a reason why not, if one is a strict vegetarian. "We need a ‘happiness index’, that is, which people are more peaceful (to themselves) and happy." It would not be cities. The less civilization, the happier people. The thread made me think.. I know some people both in Russia and West, who just lease their flat and go traveling to India for a year or so. Is it practical in India to rent one's flat/house to someone and go to travel abroad? |
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Hong Kong
Posts: 1,460
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Middle East <---->India
Posts: 384
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Beach, there is a happiness index and I think Bangladesh comes first or second.
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Maha Guru Member
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Southampton UK
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There's an annual survey done by Mercer Human Resources Consulting which rates cities on a quality of life basis.
These are the results from 2003 Cost is only one of the factors most people would consider if they were re-locating. |
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: McLaren Vale, South Australia
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How the hell is Glasgow number 41 in the world?
You can get a pudding supper for about one pound fifty, a bottle o' Buckie for I don't know less than a fiver I guess, and an all day ticket on the buses, ferries and trains for less than a fiver too. And the museums and that are all free. So how is it number 41? rab
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There's Waffle in em!
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I'm shocked that Ottawa is only number 124 on the list. It's bloody expensive living here, but I am making peanuts for money... that could be the reason
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: maryland, usa
Posts: 52
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i live in just outside of washington, d.c. and it majorly expensive to live here. housing has more than doubled in my neighborhood is about two years, and most people who live here could not afford to buy their own house right now. everything is expensive, but i suppose you get used to it because we aren't "rich" or anything like that.
happiness is truly what is in your heart. it should be that each individual should make themselves happy on their own regardless of surroundings. like the movie "life is beautiful." lovely film. i don't think that can always be reality though. maybe it is immature if it's not true, but it's honest. we want to relocate to a state where the weather doesn't get cold and the summer isn't hazy, hot, and humid (also known as summer in d.c.). we think of moving to san diego, arizona, florida, etc. it should be easy and we would be much happier. lots of excuses: our daughter and schools, taking her away from extended family, finances, etc, etc. excuses and reality at the same time. no place is perfect...in the meantime we find happiness in the joy of living and we are grateful for everything we have. ![]() julie |
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