Why World's Most Expensive Country is Actually CHEAP | Life in Singapore 

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You are so wise. You teach us Singaporeans to be more appreciate about our own country.

Always makes me smile to see someone appreciating life here.

Pretty accurate comparison and glad that you enjoy being here!

We are happy to have you here!

Love this video on the price comparison between two cities. I definitely agree that living in Singapore is cheaper and better quality than in San francisco.

Thank you so much for reminding us Singaporeans of how lucky we are.....

Great helpful video thanks 😊

Liked it. Gave a big picture of Singapore. Living like locals is one of the best perspectives travelling or temporarily living in a place. Quality is improving but sharing your view is more important. Dreamed you had 15k subscribers. Soon 1M. Don't forget Bossa Nova. Stay safe!

subscribed to your channel! have been to singapore religiously for the last 5 years atleast twice a year! the vibe is great!

glad you enjoyed living here:) Spoiled by the convenience here that I had a hard time adjusting abroad

Welcome to Singapore a Sin-City.... Food just too much variety (eating too much), Transport too convenient too cheap(don’t bother to walk), weather too hot(most of the time in the malls), Airport (more shopping then traveling), etc..

Wah, so true about food! Foreigners and tourists seem to think because Singapore is very expensive, no choice except spend a lot to eat here. No lah. Recently, we are doing some shopping in Jurong and go into a shopping centre because, well, it's a shopping centre lor. We have a quick lunch there and total one pax S$5.20! This is about US$3.90. Cheap ah! Quite nice also. Noodles are Q and tasty pork. Happy Kiam Siap Queen! But girl with me buys from different stall and spends almost S$10! Crazy rich Asian! 😄

As a Singaporean who has also done my fair share of min travel around the region, I can attest that, other than automobiles and real estate, Singapore is one of the most affordable places to live. Our dollar is also a perpetual strong one, so we can buy the best stuff lifebhas to offer. This is to be expected, since we are an import-dependent country. #ilovesingapore

LOVE this video. Glad I found ur channel.

Just randomly stumbled into your channel, and has been watching non-stop for the past hour or so. Thanks for all the great content! I might have to consider working in Singapore more seriously now, lol

Agree SG most Liveable city great facilities, a low crime rate, education n good quality healthcare.👍🏻👍🏻

Nice channel! Such a coincidence that you stay in potong pasir too and great that you're loving Singapore. Looking forward to more of your content :)

Very interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing.

I grew up in Singapore and want to move back one day as I loved it too!

Great one! 👏🏻👏🏻

Nice video.Thank you for sharing.

Hi Ashley, I totally agree with you. Just moved to London from SG for couple of months now, everything except for groceries, alcohol and cars are much more expensive in UK... Income tax is way higher... Glad you are enjoying Singapore. Welcome to Singapore ;-)

Another nicely done video 😀

The video introduction is crazy hilarious I'm entertained Thank you!

The average home and car cost is about 14 times the average annual salary. It US it is 4. Japan is 8. Australia is 4. Hence its one of the most expensive city in the world.

This was a good break down of the actual cost of living in Singapore. Great video! Like-488

And u made a video about our home country coincidentally on my birthday today??🤣🤣🤗🤗 How nice...lol.

Fully agreed with you here

Great video. It seems Singapore is less expensive than in Hong Kong. I live in Hong Kong and might do the same video as yours. Very inspiring.

Love you videos 👍🏼❤️

It took me 5 videos to realise that you came from states ,you looked like native Singaporean.

Yes,you are right,the living cost is relatively lower if you are living as a local. However, the weather is a big challenge for some one like me. This is a reason I left Singapore after lived the city for more than 9 years. Cheers!

Enjoyed this video! And yes it’s true that it’s not that expansive if we live the local way! 🥰

Thumbs up for this video

Great content dear

A Korean living in SG 🖐🇸🇬 Good information! I’d like to know about local groceries but fancy(?) places with a reasonable price if you know! Thanks😁

Welcome lah and Ok lah(lah sound bhutanese).The video is informative missy!I shall pay visit to SG someday! Have a great weekends!

Finally!! When someone told me how expensive sg is... I always debated them no.... Its very easy to get by living in sg lol but they hardly believe it

Hi! I love it that someone finally made a video putting into perspective that it's not really that expensive to live in Singapore! 👍🏼😍 I guess what made it really expensive on those surveys was including owning a car which obviously NOT a necessity because first it's a tiny country and it has a very reliable, convenient & affordable public transportation. Here in Canada, sure, you can own a used car at even $1000 dirt cheap, but it is a NEED because of the vast landscape of the country and the unforgiving weather. ❄️ If I may add to your list, I'd say hiring help for families working full time with young children is very affordable. In Canada, caregivers are paid up to $20/hour so if you're a working mom it's like working to hire one, so some mothers just give up working and stay home for the kids instead. I lived in Sg for 3 years until Y2012, and I was spending only $600 monthly for house help expenses back then. And having an extra hand to help, really gave me the life balance to juggle career, home needs and personal time. New subscriber here, looking forwards to your next videos!

Great analysis on Singapore living standard. The reason why it’s quoted as the highest cost of living in various reports due to Condos and Cars!!!!

informative and accurate. Well done, Ashley.

GREAT VIDEO! I may be moving there soon for a job. You've helped me greatly with my decision! Thanks again! BTW, what is the music track you're playing? I've tried to find it. I'd love to have it! Thanks

I stayed at PotongPasir for 20 years. It’s a nice local neighbourhood, you can jog by the river, eat at coffee shops and it’s safe.

Welcome to living in Singapore

Thank you for this video! I have ALWAYS maintained that Singapore is NOT an expensive city to live in, as reported by media journalists who have probably NEVER been here!!!

Hi koala please make a video based on permanent residency application and requirements for getting permanent residency in Singapore

Congrat on getting so many views

Not correct. Seeing a doctor at the HDB estate will cost you between $60~$80 (Sing dollars) for a common sickness. A private one will cost you more. Medical is not cheap for Singaporean & even more expensive for foreigners. A visit to the doctor at the polyclinic (government subsidise) might cost you $20 and that’s for the elderly. I am 70+. If ever an ambulance will to take me to a private hospital in an emergency, I will stop the ambulance and walk out. Medical fees in a private hospital will cost you a ‘bomb’ I will die from heart attack instead of the sickness if I see would to see the medical bill.

Good info breakdown. I realised you stay quite near me. I stay opposite potong pasir in senett area

Wow! Can really say it rich man’s birthday.

OK lah, you acted so cute, I have to give you the thumbs up. Yes, you won't find it expensive, if you know how to live like a local. Having traveled to most cities and stayed with their locals , I tend to agree with you.

I really appreciate your channel for overall information.

Once a foreigner knows the ways of the locals, then you will know that singapore is a liveable country for reasonable cost. The problem with expatriates are that they want to be treated like King and be pampered with. Of course that comes with a cost. So if one chose the latter, just accept it and stop complaining singapore is expensive.

Love your Singlish! Haha. You’re spot-on about the cost of living here; as a local it is certainly possible to have a great quality of life at a very affordable cost!

I keep giggling watching this video due to your many funny antics

I have been traveling and working oversea in many country for almost 26 to 27 years. The most expensive items in Singapore maybe is the house(I mean Private House) and car. Beside that others items are not so expensive. Some of our dairy need items even more cheaper or almost the same with many country.

When one born in beautiful green green grass one will say: I am born to deserve this, nothing to appreciate.

Thanks for sharing this information. I have been insinuating to my wife that we should visit Singapore and maybe she likes it. We are currently living in SF and the cost of living is insane! We have a 2 and a half year-old daughter and we love it here because of the outdoors activities. I am under the impression that Singapore has a very good education system for bilingual education? Anyways, thanks for the insights into your thoughts. Keep it up!

Agreed. The ranking of world most expensive cities are inaccurate as the basket includes a lot of 'good to haves'. But we just need the 'must have' and it's true that one can access to cheap and achieve a good quality lifestyle. Except for those whom fight for total human rights, free speech, adult entertainment, u can't get it here. But one whom look for safety, greenery, good air, multicultural, quality (public) housing, good education system, as priority, it's definitely a place to live.

The only problem is housing. 2k usd for a single room is crazy high especially if you consider there are many landlords discriminate against renters based on gender,race and nationality. In the other countries you compared to singapore. 2k usd for a single room isnt the only option for a decent place. If you don't live in New York or San Francisco you can get a much more reasonable price for rent. Obviously those other places have their own issues as well, but just saying.

Nice

Moving to Singapore in two weeks! Cant wait to be there....currently we are in London and its way more expensive. Transportation is expensive and horrible, housing a lot more than in Singapore to be honest and the same with food!

Thank you so much for sharing Singapore's costs(Not many people do!)Although we have no sales tax,and a very good Public transit system,Portland,Oregon,like other major cities here,still winds up being expensive.For the money,I'd live in Singapore over SanFrancisco-New York ANY day!

... so Welcome Home, KK

C’est tres interessant, j’ai beaucoup appris sur Singapour

Singapore obviously is a excellent, beautiful and great city, but none of them related to the word "cheap", imho....

The Merlion is the official mascot of Singapore, depicted as a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Extracted from Wiki :)

Of all the local food you had mentioned here, you can get it cheaper at local hawker center or coffee shops.

if COVID-19 travel restrictions are lifted, you could take a train or bus to Johor Bahru, it is 3x cheaper than Singapore. Just 45 minutes away from Singapore city .

Thank you for explaining the differences on the cost of living there. I love Singapore and wanted to visit there one day. Can you show us some good places to go too?

Hi Ashley! Singapore is well-known to be the food capital of the world. I would like to share the various air-conditionered shopping centres, restaurants and food stalls provided in large shopping malls for tourists or visitors who are not familiar with these interesting places or destinations. From the famous Tanglin, Orchard, and Bras Basah Roads, you have Tanglin malls, Shaw centre, Far East Plaza, C K Tang, Lucky plaza, Ion Orchard, Wisma, Takashimaya, Paragon, Centre Point, Sommerset, Orchard Central, Singapore Plaza, Cityhall, Suntec City, Marina Plaza and . Others include Bugis Juncture, Parc Oasis, Lau Pasat, Funan Centre, Sim Lim Plaza, Mustaffa mall, Kovan food, Serangoon hawkers, Bedok malls, Tampinese hub, Marine Parade Shopping Centre, Katong shopping centre, Sengkang shopping centre, Thomson Plaza, Toa Payoh shopping malls, IMM Shopping Centre, Westgate, JCube, Jurong Point, and Vivocity. Places of touristic interest also include Haw Par Villa, Sun Yat Sen's Villa, Mount Faber, People's Park, Bugis Juncture, Changi Village, China Town, Victoria Memoral Hall, Parliament Building, Little India, Arab Street, Haji Lane and Holland Village.

Koala Bear, what u said is also correct lah! If u don’t pursue branded clothes, branded housing, branded food, branded wearables, cars etc. Simply accept the needs rather than wants, is true that Spore is affordable. Nowadays, I seldom patronised hawker Center or kopi Tiam, I do my hearty meal by cooking claypot rice, prawn noodle, spaghetti, nasi lemak, nasi briyani, curry beef or chicken, fish ball noodle, laksa, mee siam, Chee Cheong fun, KL Tai Lok Mein, Hokkien prawn noodle, Canton hor fun & fried rice, Canton soup, Teochew porridge etc esp lost ancient Cantonese cuisine in olden days of Singapore & French cuisine at home. U can eat a few day by cooking extra storing in a fridge. As for travel, due to Singapore is at the tip of the south & attached to the mainland, u can have holiday to the southeast nearby countries for different cultural experience. For the past 25 yrs + , I use to ride my big motor bike or drive my Toyota Harrier to Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Burma, Vietnam for cross countries holidays. Is fun & is eye opener to travel to kampong/ rural areas taste the life of the locals, cultural differences compare to an agency package travel. Just solely one country of Thailand, is too big, too much for u to explore. Next trip, I will plan to do it on a 2 wheel bicycle. Seems crazy but will do it before I expired or my expired mother call me.

love Singapore, i've been living in singapore for 10 years.

Public transportation and tax in Singapore is awesome, I believe both are number one in the world. But from my experience both SG and USA, I disagree on food and fitness. Hawker center food is great, I love enjoying food in Hawker center, especially, milk tea, but in Singapore, I pay $10, $100, $300 for good restaurants but didn't worth it compared to USA. Almost every food I had in LA and SF was really great regardless of price. USA is like the heaven where all of the best food in the world gather in the same place. Meat and vegetable was so fresh and even Korean BBQ was better taste than BBQ in Korea!!! Because Singapore is small country, can't afford to have farm and ranch, all food is not fresh as I am paying for. Secondly, Fitness, I like workout in the gym. USA is a such a huge country and have a lot of gym options in very reasonable price. Two-story building was only for one gym that include swimming pool and basketball court, and I only paid $55 a month. But here in Singapore, such a bad and rusty gym cost $S100 and more, and even 10 times smaller than the gym in USA. But overall, I liked to watch your videos! very informative and good point of view. Hope to see another good videos soon!

Singapore: We are cheap and have everything! Nowhere else is more ideal! Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, China, Philippines: Hold our beer..

Basic food stuff at hawker Centers are ok, but if you eat at fancy restaurants, the food would be expensive plus another 30% for additional things such as service, tax, paper towels and ‘peanuts’. Houses and cars are beyond the moon, unless you buy Low end government housing. There are good countries to live in without the huge expenses.

yeah, not everything in Singapore is expensive~ great sharing!

Tokyo is cheap too, compared to many US cities (no car case for Tokyo vs. needing a car in many US cities) !

Compare with HK, Singapore is considered cheap.

I miss Singaporean food soooooo much. I could eat so much chicken rice right now!

Monaco is the most expensive city/country in the world, with property priced at $60k usd per square metre. The cost of living in Singapore is high, because of the economic comparison to the average wage, which is quite low. In contrast, the average Net worth of the average citizen in Monaco is just over $2M. Regardless, I love Singapore.

Ashley I love this video and the food looks amazing. I have no idea about Singapore cuisine but now I really want to try it. Really great video with lots of help and information. Your videos are so well produced and nice background music 🎵💯

I think at least the daily food in Singapore is really not expensive.

When you have a scarce land, somethings are bound to be expensive but I am sorry to burst your bubble as Hong Kong is more expensive than Singapore. A 60sqm HDB cost about $250,000-$350,000 but in Hong Kong, Government housing cost USD$750,000-850,000 for 60sqm. Even food in HK cost 20% more.

see a doctor in sg for $20? government polyclinics consultation is $56 (before subisidies) w/o treatment or medicine, government big hospital consultation is $95 to $120 w/o treatment or medicine ! in polyclinics, many doctors despise 'poor' patients and after patient waiting 3hours they can see your conditions in --- just 5second, 3minute!

Nice video. That's why the pay in the US is much higher cause costs of living is much higher there.

As a local , I would say that everything is cheap except for things the government want to control , for examples.. house , car etc due to lack of space in Singapore , alcohol , cigarette etc due to unhealthy lifestyle. Generally if you eat two meals of McDonald per day = $18 x 30 $540 only per month. The only problem for foreigners is that your rental will cost more then food and travel.

I'm Singaporean living in SF, America can be a dangerous place to live, many many crimes involving guns. Singapore is very safe and love those Singaporean foods, the only negative things about the country is the hot and humid weather year round and the country is too small.

Just say, "the Merlion is the symbol of Singapore."

Glad you like Singapore, hope to convert to Singapore Citizen

A very interesting and detailed comparison with the US! I'm comparing it with France on my channel and I had the same conclusion!

Another PAP promotional piece and Singapore Tourism Board artwork

You can still get $2 - $2.50 for a packet of chicken rice especially those chicken rice stalls located in or near the MRT station.

Where you can get two bed private apt for 2000 SGD? You will get a shoe box apt for that price.

The salary in USA is higher. So you can't compare like this. Singaporean salary is cheap.

Eat at hawker centre nice and good

Way back 2007, I've been to Singapore working as DH😍💕💕

Sg got one of the highest network speed.

The only people complaining about "high costs" are those citizens who are average or mediocre in their work skills and abilities. Yet they are pursuing expensive lifestyle. Singapore daily living costs are very low. It is lifestyle costs which are very high, especially if one is pursuing western influenced lifestyle choice of clubbing, coffee boutiques, gourmet imported food, prime area condos, luxury clothes and cars, annually holidays on cruises and overseas, uncontrolled online shopping. One other thing is also to beware of those citizens who are uninformed and uneducated but very negative, arrogant and hateful of foreigners.