I always suspected that it couldn't be quite that expensive. Otherwise you'd have to be really rich in order to live in New York. I've always found America to be a strange place -- very large, very prosperous. Arizona was very intimidating for me because, if you get lost, you can travel for miles without seeing a familiar sight, or knowing where you are. My country is very different. Just under 30km across at its widest, you just have to walk in a single direction for a short time before you can get your bearings again. It's funny because, every military exercise, I get issued a prismatic compass, but I never have to use it.
Housing is very expensive in Singapore, compared to the price of houses in Atlanta. I was told that it's about USD$150,000 for a nice house in a nice suburb. That kind of money will get you a 3-room "box-in-th-sky" flat in Singapore. No garden, no garage, and with noisy neighbours all around you. It's still cheaper than Hong Kong, but, typically it will take your whole life to pay for the roof over your head. Cars are also a lot more expensive in Singapore. At one time it was about SGD$30,000 for a certificate that entitles you to buy a car (yes, you need a piece of paper that says that you are allowed to own a car -- bizarre, huh ? Right up there with our ban on chewing gum!). But food is cheap, and electronics stuff like computers, radios, TVs, etc. are cheaper (or so I hear) than elsewhere in the world because they are mostly manufactured in Asia and shipped out to everywhere else via Singapore.
Regards, pascal chong
There are alot of factors at play, starting with the type of food, quality of the resteraunt, and the location. Overall, food is less expensive outside of LA, NY, Chicago, San Francisco, etc, however you can still find relatively cheap eating in NY. There are Denny's everywhere, and while the prices do vary somewhat (i remember the same menu in Pittsburgh as there is out here in the SF Bay area, and the food is definitely about 15% higher priced out here, its still no where near $100 for a meal for two people (more like US$20).
If you want to eat in a really good resteraunt, be it NY, or any other big city, then it will cost upwards of $100 for two people (not even counting alcohol in many cases). However, if you stick to chain, or small, less classy establishments, you can easily eat for well under $30 dinner. And of course there's fast food everywhere (McDonald's etc) and you could manage to feed a family of 4 there for under $20.
As for finding an apt in NYC, there are loads of available apts. Just
check the NY Times classified ads, and you'll see hundreds of listings. I'm sure that if you're really picky, and want an apt in a specific
building you'd prolly have to wait until someone moves out (be it from
death or something else), but as long as you're only focusing on
specific neighborhoods, its not that bad.
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