No, just basic Economese and easily interpreted if you read it carefully .
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Originally posted by DanS
IIRC, the basket of goods for this index skews toward what a transient executive might expect to buy, not what an average or not so average person might expect to buy.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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I stayed at Bergen for a couple days, and it was obscenely expensive. A bottle of water would cost three euros..."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
-Bokonon
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Norwegians are the people who go to Sweden to buy "cheap" alcohol. Nuff said.
I'm surprised that Helsinki apparently beats Stockholm. I suppose it might be due to the price controls on housing.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok
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Originally posted by Urban Ranger
That makes it very similar to the other one done by Mecier (sp?), then.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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Originally posted by Gangerolf
why the hell would you buy bottled water and why would you pay for it in euros. off course you'd get ripped offCaptain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - Rah
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That's why you're supposed to drink beer when visiting Europe.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok
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Originally posted by OzzyKP
Doesn't European water give diarrhea? Eric the Red's Revenge? Or am I thinking of somewhere else... I dunno, all foreign countries are the same and not to be trusted."The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
"you people who bash Bush have no appreciation for one of the great presidents in our history." - Ned
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Originally posted by Starchild
I've, for one, found that if you know where to go and what places to eat at, you can eat better quality food for cheaper in London than lots of other places in the UK. Its certainly cheaper and more varied to eat out in London than Norwich.Smile
For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next
But he would think of something
"Hm. I suppose I should get my waffle a santa hat." - Kuciwalker
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why the hell would you buy bottled water and why would you pay for it in euros. off course you'd get ripped off
And beer was even more expensive.
Prague OTOH was dirt cheap."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
-Bokonon
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