Expectedly Unexpected

Our capital city has once again been included in a survey. This time it isn’t about manners and politeness. This time it’s about the most expensive place to live in in this world.

Conducted by UBS, the world’s largest wealth manager located in Switzerland, they’ve chosen 71 cities to be included in this survey and we are one of the lucky 71!

1. London
2. New York
3. Oslo
4. Tokyo
5. Zurich
6. Copenhagen
7. Geneva
8. Dublin
9. Chicago
10. Los Angeles
11. Paris
12. Helsinki
13. Luxembourg
14. Stockholm
15. Vienna
16. Seoul
17. Amsterdam
18. Hong Kong
19. Toronto
20. Munich
21. Montreal
22. Miami
23. Frankfurt
24. Sydney
25. Brussels
26. Milan
27. Rome
28. Madrid
29. Nicosia
30. Dubai
31. Lyon
32. Barcelona
33. Berlin
34. Singapore
35. Lisbon
36. Istanbul
37. Mexico
38. Auckland
39. Athens
40. Taipei
41. Moscow
42. Tel Aviv
43. Rio de Janeiro
44. Manama
45. Santiago de Chile
46. Sao Paulo
47. Caracas
48. Warsaw
49. Ljubljana
50. Tallinn
51. Johannesburg
52. Budapest
53. Jakarta
54. Bucharest
55. Prague
56. Bogota
57. Buenos Aires
58. Mumbai
59. Bangkok
60. Kiev
61. Riga
62. Sofia
63. Nairobi
64. Bratislava
65. Beijing
66. Shanghai
67. Vilnius
68. Lima
69. Manila
70. Delhi
71. KUALA LUMPUR

Sounds bad? This time it isn’t that bad. We aren’t the most impolite city anymore. We are listed last in the list means that we are the cheapest city to live in the world out of the 71 cities surveyed. Cheapest in terms of living costs and not the “cheapo” that we use in our everyday language to mean that it’s low class and lousy. At least now, we can boast that we have a good big city with adequate facilities and yet it all comes in one package that is cheaper than anywhere else in the world!

Besides that, UBS conducted another survey of 70 cities. This time it’s the richest cities in the world. Meaning, our incomes relative to other cities in the world.

1. Zurich
2. Geneva
3. Oslo
4. Dublin
5. New York
6. Luxembourg
7. Los Angeles
8. London
9. Copenhagen
10. Chicago
11. Helsinki
12. Tokyo
13. Frankfurt
14. Munich
15. Berlin
16. Vienna
17. Toronto
18. Sydney
19. Brussels
20. Montreal
21. Stockholm
22. Miami
23. Auckland
24. Amsterdam
25. Lyon
26. Nicosia
27. Paris
28. Barcelona
29. Madrid
30. Milan
31. Dubai
32. Rome
33. Athens
34. Seoul
35. Taipei
36. Singapore
37. Lisbon
38. Johannesburg
39. Manama
40. Hong Kong
41. Sao Paulo
42. Ljubljana
43. Istanbul
44. Prague
45. Moscow
46. Santiago de Chile
47. Tallinn
48. Rio de Janeiro
49. Budapest
50. Bratislava
51. Caracas
52. Warsaw
53. Buenos Aires
54. Lima
55. KUALA LUMPUR
56. Vilnius
57. Riga
58. Bucharest
59. Shanghai
60. Bogota
61. Kiev
62. Nairobi
63. Mexico
64. Beijing
65. Bangkok
66. Sofia
67. Mumbai
68. Jakarta
69. Manila
70. Delhi

Okay. This time being last isn’t that savvy anymore. We’re 55 this time. Means that our income relative to other countries in the world is quite low. As usual, Zurich will be first. Banking capital of the world. All the money in the world are just flowing into the city just like rivers. Well,just save your complaining because I know I do complain a lot about everything else. We’re the cheapest city to live in the world but our salaries are slightly above other not so fortunate cities. So double compromising.Slightly lower income but cheaper to live in. So end up, it balances out. Just like Oslo, most expensive living costs but highest income. Once again, it balances out.

Now, we all know where to go to start off our future careers where income is highest and living costs is lowest. You do the optimization this time…