Cities in 2012

Want to move to live abroad? You should not be sent to Tokyo, if you do not have a fat wallet. Tokyo has once again been named the most expensive city in the world, according to a poll of the cost of living Mercer. Tokyo is the first place almost continuously since 1994. The company Mercer evaluates 214 countries around the world to determine the cost of transport, food, clothing, housing, household goods and entertainment. The basis of the company takes the city of New York and evaluates the remaining 213 cities, respectively. Due to economic problems around the world, the list of expensive cities is a bit different from last year. In second place on the cost of living moved to Luanda in Angola. At the same time, 214 cities from the least expensive is the city of Karachi in Pakistan. Moscow remains the most expensive European city, taking fourth place in the list of the most expensive in the world.

In North America, most of the cities rose in the rankings due to the strengthening of the dollar against many foreign currencies. In Asia, more than 6 out of 10 cities have risen up in the list, including all surveyed cities in Australia, China, Japan and New Zealand. London is the most expensive city in the UK and occupies 25th place on the list went down by 7 positions down from last year. Paris is also moved down 10 places, ranking 37th place. Tel Aviv is now the most expensive city in the Middle East and occupies 31 place in the world. In Africa, surprisingly, too many expensive cities, including Luanda in Angola, ranked second.


This is due to the difficulty of finding food and safe housing for immigrants. Limited offers affordable housing are very expensive. The cost of imported international goods is also high, which contributes to the fact that many African cities are raised in the list. The list is dominated by Asian cities. Besides Tokyo, a 20-ke the list of most expensive cities appeared Osaka (3) Singapore (6), Hong Kong (9) and Nagoya (10), Shanghai (16), and Beijing (17).

10 most expensive cities in the world 2012: 1. Tokyo, Japan 2. Luanda, Angola 3. Osaka, Japan 4, Moscow, Russia 5. Geneva, Switzerland 6 Zurich 7. Singapore, Singapore 8 N'Djamena, Chad 9. Hong Kong, Hong Kong 10. Nagoya, Japan See also: Miami is the most miserable US city. How much does life in the United States in terms of rubles. Dead City Kadykchan.

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