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quiz: name the most and least expensive cities to live in, 2020 edition. -- nm

Posted by mafic Nov 18 '20, 16:56

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remaining in the top 10, if anyone's still playing: 1 Middle East, 1 Europe, 1 US. Bottom 5 are Middle East, Africa, South America, central Asia. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:47 4
- Riyadh, Turin, Los Angeles -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:54 3
  - LA tied for 9th most expensive. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 18:02
  - Almaty, Nairobi, Montevideo -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:57 1
    - Almaty 5th least expensive (129/133). Nairobi dropped 14 spots this year to #77. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 18:04
least expensive, is it in Africa? -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:42 8
- no, but 1 of the bottom 5 is. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:43 7
  - lets try Afghanistan: Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, Jalalabad -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:47 6
    - nope. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:48 5
      - Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:52 4
        
        nope -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:54
        
        Baghdad, Damascus -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:53 2
        
        Damascus is #1 least. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:54 1
        
        fist pump, it was too logical to guess earlier -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:55
Paris. Luxembourg. -- nm - spamlet Nov 18, 17:38 1
- 1, somewhere in the 60s. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:41
Osaka -- nm - Roger More Nov 18, 17:32 13
- tied for 5th. also the most expensive place in the world to buy a computer. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:35
- London -- nm - Roger More Nov 18, 17:33 11
  - 11 in Europe, about 20th overall. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:36 5
    - ooh, Europe might be #1? Geneva! -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:36 4
      - Tied for 7th overall, but on the right track. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:37 3
        
        Zurich, Paris, Berlin -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:38 2
        
        1!, 1!, ~25. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:40
        
        friggin Lake Como -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:40
  - man, I figured Ontario was more expensive than Manitoba but I didn't know it was that expensive -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:34
  - Hong Kong -- nm - Roger More Nov 18, 17:34 3
    - in a 3-way tie for 1st. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:36 2
      - Kinky -- nm - spamlet Nov 18, 17:39
      - I don't believe you. I've seen enough John Woo to know life is cheap in Hong Kong -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:38
and for least expensive, I'll go with the capital of Mali -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:27 2
- Bamako! I'm told it's reasonably nice, but no, not listed -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:34 1
  - anything in Mali? give me a hint on the poors -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:35
something I can't pronounce in China -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:26 1
- Nah. Some people might struggle with Shenzhen, but it’s just outside the top 20. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:31
Manhattan -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:18 5
- I'm feeling generous so I'll give you tied for #7, New York (1 in North America). -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:22 1
  - rigged -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:23
- That's a borough, not a city. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 18, 17:19 2
  - I don't want the cost of living dragged down by Staten Island. I'm going for expensive -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 17:20 1
    - Drop the Bronx as well and the cost of living here goes way up -- nm - Krusty Nov 18, 17:21
Sydney. -- nm - spamlet Nov 18, 17:12 1
- 6 in Asia-Pacific, ~18 overall. -- nm* - mafic Nov 18, 17:17
Dubai -- nm - prayformojo Nov 18, 17:12 1
- 4th in Middle East/North Africa, 40-50 overall. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:16
Tokyo, Macau -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 18, 17:07 1
- Tokyo 4th in Asia-Pacific (and only 2nd in Japan), 11 overall. nothing on Macau. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:13
San Fran -- nm - con_carne Nov 18, 17:04 1
- 3 in North America, about 20th overall. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:12
Singapore -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 18, 17:01 1
- 4 -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:03
Monaco and some place in Pakistan nobody has ever heard of. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 18, 17:01 2
- nope. though 3 of the bottom 5 are in the vague Pakistan area. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:02 1
  - I looked up the top 10. I was sure I'd see Monaco -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 18, 17:10
there's always a weird one like Port Morseby. -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 16:57 1
- there's nothing unexpected in the top 10. Noumea is weirdly high in Asia-Pacific, but that's about it. -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 17:01

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