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Cheapest capital city in the world

  • 10-02-2011 3:01pm
    #1
    Four of a kind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering what would be considered the cheapest capital city to live in? Cheapest as in accommodation, food, drink, touring and general living expenses?


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  • #2
    mikedragon32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭mikedragon32


    Hardly a travel query, but meh.
    Mercer wrote:
    Luanda in Angola is the world's most expensive city for expatriates; Karachi is the cheapest


    http://www.mercer.com/costofliving

    It's not just capitols, it seems to include all cities.


  • #3
    Badgermonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭Badgermonkey


    Four of a kind wrote: »
    Just wondering what would be considered the cheapest capital city to live in? Cheapest as in accommodation, food, drink, touring and general living expenses?

    Tehran is also incredibly cheap as is Iran in general.


  • #4
    mzoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭mzoe


    You probably wouldn't want to live in some of the cheapest capitals. I would look for the cheapest liveable capitals on the Indian subcontinent or in South-East Asia.


  • #5
    finbarrk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,494 ✭✭✭finbarrk


    mikedragon32 wrote: »
    Hardly a travel query, but meh.



    http://www.mercer.com/costofliving

    It's not just capitols, it seems to include all cities.

    Thats intresting. I wouldn't have thought that any African city would be in the top 20, let alone 3 of them in the top 10.


  • #6
    cailinoBAC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭cailinoBAC


    well it is a survey of cost of living for EXPATS. I think it's for companies to look at when they're sending workers abroad, but have to keep their salary in line with local costs or whatever. But this means in some cities renting in places with gated communities, maybe having some security, don't really know the details, but I don't think that's the answer to the question you're looking for. I just know for years they said Moscow was the most expensive city. I've visited Moscow and while some things are expensive, you don't need those things to live there, but somebody being sent there on secondment will be offered the fancy flat, the driver, all the trappings.


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