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How I Pick a Temporary Home

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For those of you, who haven’t been following my story: I was set up to head out on a wonderful year of traveling, after my retirement, when I was hit by some financial reversals. My home was already on the market, and I was nearly done with getting rid of almost everything I owned. Suddenly, I found myself, not only retired, but with less than a…

Cayman ranked as world’s most costly place

(CNS): It will come as no surprise to Caymanians and residents that they are living in the world’s most expensive place, regardless of government’s efforts to convince the population that inflation is under control, when a dozen eggs is more than double the price of almost anywhere else in the world. Cayman tops both lists of countries and cities published by the online cost of living measure,…

Cost of living in London is about the same as living in San Francisco.

Cost of living in London is about the same as living in New York.

That is to say, the cost of living is about equal in London, San Francisco, and New York. I went on to look up all of the other cities I’ve been interested in living in or near in relationship to the cost of living in San Francisco and here’s what I found:

Paris is 22% cheaper

Nice is 40% cheaper

Rome is 39% cheaper

Venice is 39% cheaper

Berlin is 42% cheaper

Edinburgh is 32% cheaper

Dublin is 23% cheaper

Reykjavik is 21% cheaper

Sydney is 23% cheaper

Melbourne is 27% cheaper

Santa Cruz is 27% cheaper

Los Angeles is 19% cheaper

San Diego is 28% cheaper

Portland is 32% cheaper

Seattle is 23% cheaper

Honolulu is 18% cheaper

When I take into consideration that Columbus is 37% cheaper than living in San Francisco, along the lines of Venice, Nice, San Diego, Edinburgh, and Portland, I realize that the one place I have idolized and set my sights upon is one of the most expensive cities in the world to live in. I could travel across Europe, heck, even the world, and spend less in those cities than I would living in SF. I love the city, but do I love it that much? How is a mainland city more expensive than living on a tropical island surrounded by sea turtles, out-of-this-world sunsets, and ridiculously attractive surfer guys? I think I may need to rethink some things if I want to make the most out of this year long trip.

Tous les ans depuis 3 ans, la Deutsche Bank publie une étude annuelle sur les prix dans le monde.

Et pour cette quatrième édition, elle a utilisé Expatistan, une base de donnée collaborative sur les prix dans le monde. Elle s'appuie sur beaucoup de sources institutionnelles mais - et c'est la nouveauté - aussi sur les déclaration d'internautes.

Et alors pour la bière ?

Oui, parce que c'est bien ce qui nous intéresse ici. Alors Paris propose la bière la plus chère du monde, avec 7,60 dollars pour 50cL, suivi d'Auckland avec 6,77 dollars.

La bière la moins chère est quant à elle à Johannesbourg avec 1,82 dollar. Mais, pour nous, ça fait loin pour une mousse en terrasse ...En tous cas, avec ce classement Paris est la 23ème ville la plus chère du monde.

La Deutsche Bank rappelle que cette étude n'est qu'une photographie des prix à un moment donné. Elle ne prend pas en compte le niveau de vie et est destinée principalement au voyageur, pour qu'il estime ce dont il va avoir besoin sur place.

Article source : http://www.slate.fr/story/100469/deutsche-bank-biere-plus-chere-paris

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