Chinese cities becoming too costly for expats: survey

Lifestyle Dec. 12, 2012 - 06:34AM JST ( 7 )

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JapanGalDec. 13, 2012 - 08:32AM JST

Well, list the items so we can see if we purchase those.
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SynbiosDec. 13, 2012 - 11:07AM JST

I agree with JapanGal. It would be nice to see some empirical data regarding prices of groceries, housing, transport, etc.

Maybe even a ranking with the average monthly living cost for a person or a couple so we can also see how expensive things are here in Japan :P.
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megosaaDec. 13, 2012 - 02:54PM JST

stuff like gas, rent, eggs, bread, milk, water bill etc.
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japan_cynicDec. 13, 2012 - 04:19PM JST

"too costly" is meaningless unless you take salary into account. It's more expensive here than most of the UK but my salary is about double, which more than covers it.
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NessieDec. 13, 2012 - 04:48PM JST

The upside of Beijing is you can get all your calories just by breating the air.
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Badge213Dec. 13, 2012 - 06:42PM JST

Many of these surveys are biased towards expatriate business people continuing to live their home countries' lifestyle away from home. The data doesn't really reflect "the average folk" foreigner or even "regular" people.
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malfupeteDec. 14, 2012 - 12:24AM JST

Are these expats being paid in US dollars or something?