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Worldwide cost of living index 2019

by Jyefet on 3/20/19, 1:31 PM with 11 comments

  • by istorical on 3/20/19, 7:59 PM

    These are always so unreliable because they never adequately account for the wide range of housing costs you can get in different cities when you take into account public transit as well as family size and whether you'll be willing to have roommates.

    You basically need to sub-divide and rank these across commute times + family/roommates preferences. So Top 10 most expensive within 10 minute commute, within 20 minute commute, within 30 min commute, etc., further broken by family/room requirements.

    For example, if you want to live in Manhattan then sure you can pay 1500 for a bedroom.

    But a better bedroom that's still within 30 minutes commute of a Manhattan job for a $3 subway ride is $900. Just have to choose based off what part of the city your job will be in and live with 2-3 of your friends.

  • by maerF0x0 on 3/20/19, 6:46 PM

    10 expensive:

        Singapore Singapore
    France Paris
    China Hong Kong
    Switzerland Zurich
    Switzerland Geneva
    Japan Osaka
    South Korea Seoul 
    Denmark Copenhagen 
    US New York 
    Israel Tel Aviv 
    US Los Angeles
    10 Cheapest:

        Venezuela Caracas
    Syria Damascus
    Uzbekistan Tashkent
    Kazakhstan Almaty
    India Bangalore
    Pakistan Karachi
    Nigeria Lagos
    Argentina Buenos Aires
    India Chennai
    India New Delhi

  • by tracker1 on 3/20/19, 5:40 PM

    While it's interesting and I'm curious, it's just not worth $1K to me to see a more full list.

  • by dewey on 3/21/19, 11:40 AM

    Somewhat related, I really like https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/ for the "real" comparison on items of daily life.

  • by krageon on 3/21/19, 8:01 AM

    This website has a "free" option where you have to give out your details or a paywall (for which you no doubt have to give out personal info as well). If you want to read this you are coerced to give out money, which makes this an exceptionally suspect and poor source.