Rubbish. I spent 5 years living in Sydney, Australia, before moving to Singapore.<p>Unless you want to live a high roller expat life-style in a condo and own a car, Singapore is NOT expensive.<p>And please don&#x27;t refer to that terrible study that puts Singapore as the most expensive place to live, it&#x27;s designed for companies to create packages for people for recruitment. It includes things like owning a car (something that is definitely not needed in Singapore), the price of alcohol (not a requirement to live), and living in an expensive condo (HDB&#x27;s are excluded from the study)<p>Sydney on the other hand, costs more for an apartment in the city, public transport is more expensive, especially taxis, food and drink is more expensive (exception is Alcohol and Beef), utilities (power&#x2F;gas&#x2F;internet) is all more expensive.<p>My last tax bill in Sydney was about 22k when I left. My first full year in Singapore was like ~3k, and the government gave $1000 back. And the best part about it is you see all your money going back into the country, rather than lining the pockets of individuals to pass the blame on the failing like they do in Australia&#x2F;New Zealand.