Rising cost of living - that’s one topic that comes up among residents of Dubai, especially regarding the last few years. But compared to what’s happening in Singapore, in just about a year, Dubai seems tame (at least at this moment).
While Dubai residents are just about getting used to the concept of Salik, Singapore residents have had ERP for years, and now it’s getting to stages of proliferation. While there always has been the joke of days when an ERP gantry would end up in front of everyone’s house, you never expected it to become reality. Then you actually read about it!
Then you come across taxi fare hike.
Then you remember how you narrowly escaped the housing cost mega-increase of 2007. What used to be rents in the range of S$1500 a month for a decent 2 bedroom apartment in the suburbs, now goes for nothing less than S$3000!
Almost nothing is spared in this frenzy! And before you know it, Singapore ends up in the list of most expensive cities in the world.
Maybe the luck involved and timing of my move was about right.
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