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"I have been living in SG for the last 5 years and it really feels like it's getting more expensive every month.\n\nHousing : it's just nuts the price you have to pay now, i really wonder how they want to attract expats in the current market. I know many people that refused to move in SG because of the hire cost of living. I saw a few apartments, if it's not in a condo you can really feel the greedy chinese landlord renting places that are so badly done for a crazy price. On top of it many of those landlords are keeping the place empty (sometimes for years) until they find some crazy expat to pay the price they think it should go for.\n(part of the problem comes from the finance sector that subsidies most of their employees rent. One other factor is the goverment, i don't understand why they would let the price go so high because of speculation. Land is rare in SG, if the real estate market goes uncontrolled everything gets more expensive, therefore less competitive. If you want 6.5M people, you can not let the rental market go crazy like that. It directly affects expats, who mostly rent)\n\nCommuting: Taxi fare keep going up with all kind on none sense extra charges for everything, plus ERP fare going up all the time. I'm not even talking of cars, i decided not to go for one, even though i miss the freedom it provides (may be i should reconsider)\n\nTraveling: what makes SG an interesting place to live is because the region is really nice and you can be to many gorgeous place in a few hours. With the oil price so high, airfares are really getting expensive.\n\nWhat do you guys think ? Is it just me ... ?"
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