Everybody knows that prices in Taipei can be outrageous. However, it wasn't until last year, when the Geneva Business International's study on the world's most expensive 102 cities came out that a disturbing--for those of us who live in Taipei--statistic revealed itself: Taipei's prices are higher than New York's!
大家都知道台北的物價不低，但直到去年日內瓦國際商務公司針對世界一○二個城市做過調查後，才有了明確的比較﹘﹘「台北的物價水準比紐約還高」。