I live in the second most expensive city in the WORLD

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » March 2, 2005, 11:14 am

http://www.ubs.com/1/f/media_overview/m ... wsId=74357

Partly because of the fall of the dollar and the rise of the Danish krone, Copenhagen is now the second most expensive city in the world to live in, only beaten by Oslo. If you count for housing costs, Copenhagen is #5, beaten only by London, New York, Oslo and Tokyo.

Cheapest major cities in the world are still Buenos Aires, Karachi and Mumbai (formerly Bombay).

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » March 2, 2005, 12:02 pm

/roar, were number 2, were number 2

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » March 2, 2005, 12:35 pm

my friend from Tokyo went to grad school at Columbia (in NYC), and she loved "how cheap" Manhattan was. LOL

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 2, 2005, 12:41 pm

So can those Danish krones buy computer electronics stuff cheap or are there high import taxes and such?

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » March 2, 2005, 1:26 pm

If i buy stuff from outside DK, we gotta pay i think its 25% of the value in taxes.
IF the guys at the airport notice it that is

. Personally my cost to buy DVDs in the US have falled with 25% in the last few years (so guess Bush was good for something after all), and i havent been nailed in that time.

Atokal · Post by **Atokal** » March 2, 2005, 1:51 pm

http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/popups ... popup.html

Toronto is well down the list. You Europeans are getting hosed.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » March 2, 2005, 1:54 pm

Copenhagen #8 on that list!

ATL at #85!

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » March 2, 2005, 2:19 pm

I went from #27 to #105 and it made such a difference! Los Angeles, in general, is a shithole, yet it costs a metric asston to live there.

Also, Oslo could be much more affordable if they charged taxes for all the sheep. ><

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » March 2, 2005, 3:46 pm

Well as an example, Winnow (ignoring import taxes which are at least 25% on almost all goods):

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Item                            Danish price           US (Newegg) price
Samsung 910T flatscreen          $612.87                  $467
Asus 6800GT V9999/GT256          $563.67                  $419
Pentium 4 3.6GHz 800MHz FSB      $792.57                  $624
iPod mini (blue) 4GB             $295.52                  $199

So anywhere from 20 to 40% to save, easily.

miir · Post by **miir** » March 2, 2005, 3:58 pm

Just for a silly comparison: Canadian (Toronto)prices:

Samsung 910T flatscreen $599
Asus 6800GT V9999/GT256 $569
Pentium 4 3.6GHz 800MHz FSB $539
iPod mini (blue) 4GB $225

$1932 total
With the current exchange rate that works out to around $1560 USD.... heh, about $150 cheaper.

Tenuvil · Post by **Tenuvil** » March 2, 2005, 4:18 pm

Canelek wrote:Los Angeles, in general, is a shithole, yet it costs a metric asston to live there.

True true.

Houston is #73 on that list, curiously Boston is #70...seems to me Boston was a godawful expensive place to live, especially when it comes to the cost of housing.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 2, 2005, 5:41 pm

Drolgin Steingrinder wrote:Well as an example, Winnow (ignoring import taxes which are at least 25% on almost all goods):
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Item                            Danish price           US (Newegg) price
Samsung 910T flatscreen          $612.87                  $467
Asus 6800GT V9999/GT256          $563.67                  $419
Pentium 4 3.6GHz 800MHz FSB      $792.57                  $624
iPod mini (blue) 4GB             $295.52                  $199
So anywhere from 20 to 40% to save, easily.

Ah, thanks for the comparison Drolgin.

BTW, I think it's cool that you guys have someone wearing a hat on your bills. I don't think we've had anyone wearing a hat on U.S. Currency.

[img]http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/banknotes/de ... 9)99_f.jpg[/img]

There's also a musical note in the lower right. Is that your doing Drolgin?

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » March 2, 2005, 6:27 pm

The man on that bill is Carl Nielsen, noted Danish composer. Other people on danish bills include Karen Blixen and Niels Bohr.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 2, 2005, 6:36 pm

Drolgin Steingrinder wrote:The man on that bill is Carl Nielsen, noted Danish composer.

Now that's a double pun! Bank notes, musical notes and just plain noted!

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » March 2, 2005, 7:21 pm

Winnow wrote: BTW, I think it's cool that you guys have someone wearing a hat on your bills. I don't think we've had anyone wearing a hat on U.S. Currency.

Unless you count hair hats =)

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » March 2, 2005, 8:05 pm

Canelek wrote:Also, Oslo could be much more affordable if they charged taxes for all the sheep. ><

Huh?

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » March 3, 2005, 1:22 am

Drolgin Steingrinder wrote:http://www.ubs.com/1/f/media_overview/m ... wsId=74357

Partly because of the fall of the dollar and the rise of the Danish krone, Copenhagen is now the second most expensive city in the world to live in, only beaten by Oslo. If you count for housing costs, Copenhagen is #5, beaten only by London, New York, Oslo and Tokyo.

Cheapest major cities in the world are still Buenos Aires, Karachi and Mumbai (formerly Bombay).

what do you expect from a city thats clean enough for you to eat off of the sidewalks in the middle of downtown

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » March 3, 2005, 10:37 am

I lived in Japan from 84-88. When I first got there the Yen rate was 260 y to the dollar. We could party downtown Tokyo for the whole weekend on $50. By the time I left the Yen rate was down to 125 y to the dollar and we could barely afford to go off base for anything.

Wonko Wenusberg · Post by **Wonko Wenusberg** » March 3, 2005, 6:20 pm

Taxes

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