true or false?.....  Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world to live in?
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I've heard it is one of the most expensive cities in the world.
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CA is soooo expensive. It's true. The housing prices are hyperinflated....as for job opportunities....it's hard to tell without knowing what your background is. CA is also overpopulated.\nI'm a former CA girl.
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Sweet cupping cakes! Out of all the things to get a whim to buy. Gold bars? You're officially the richest person this side of Shibuya Japan. What possible need for gold bars could you have? Paperweights? There are more cost-effective ways to obtain those. Are you looking to start your own national bank? Once again, I don't think gold bars are the way to go about that. We would all like to have some straight up gold, but man, you have balls of steel to just go out there and get them. Hats off!
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La Jolla, CA at 1.875M.\n\n9 of the 10 most expensive markets are in CA.
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Not drastically but then again remember Japan in the 1980's whent he R/E market bottomed out....\n\nThing is that densely populated metropolitan areas such as Hong Kong will typically hold value since housing is always at a premium i.e. demand exceeds supply.
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it's not only education that's expensive, everything in Japan is expensive (accomodation, food, daily neccessities, etc...)\nI'm not sure how much, but be prepared...
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London is as safe as any major city in the world,if you take precautions most areas are ok.No where is affordable it is probably the most expensive city in the UK,a 1 bed flat will cost about £900 per month minimum.Best areas? Thats a matter of personal taste but the trandiest spots will also be the most expensive to live in!
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On.  Living in NYC w/o college assistance would be very expensive
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There is so much going on in that great country, that the problem is an excess of choices. For me, it would probably be Toronto - one of the most livable cities in the world. The relatively high standard of living, activities, culture, safety, cleanliness - just a cool place to be.
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A lot more expensive than living there as a bum!
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Well, I did a search, found Forbes.com, and looked at the list of the worlds richest people. Number 37 was the first from an Asian country, and they're from Japan;\nhttp://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2003/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2003&passListType=Person&uniqueId=T4WR&datatype=Person
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It's great! I've lived and worked all over (Australia, US, Germany & Ireland), and London is by far my favourite place. It's not cheap, though; The rent may well kill you.
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♡Well, Tokyo is very big and you don't say where in Tokyo you'll be so, I'll just give you a few choices and depending on where you are, you can look into them if you're interested. Most City Hall offices offer FREE (or very CHEAP) Japanese language classes for foreigners. They're pretty good classes and the people are very kind and helpful. Good luck and I hope this helps!♡\n**For example, here's some info on classes offered in Itabashi:\nhttp://www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp/icief/iciefboard/english/mar_17_e.pdf#search='tokyo%20City%20hall'\n**Or Meguro:\nhttp://home.h08.itscom.net/crayons/Japanese%20Class.htm\nhttp://home.h08.itscom.net/crayons/Map.htm\n**Or you can choose schools from these English lists:\nhttp://www.aikgroup.co.jp/j-school/english/alphabet/menu/t.htm\nhttp://www.murasakishikibu.co.jp/jls/
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Too much, although San Francisco has a high cost of living, so that's probably why you get so much.
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If you wanna live in Tokyo, you will spend more than us$2,000 every month (probably appartment is very poor).\nIf you moved provincial area, maybe you can live with us$1,000-1,700, it depends.\n\nBut you have to remember, there are less chance to get job compared with Tokyo.\nIf you start you own business, maybe you can make it.\n\n\nCheck out Okinawa island. There are US base. Many US troops love that place.\nThere are really few chance to find job though.\n\nAsk and find a t following site.\nhttp://www.japan-guide.com/
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i HAVE HEARD IT. FROM A FRIEND IN TOKYO. tHERE IS SOME TRUTH TO IT
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You`re looking at around 650,000 yens per month.  Tokyo is expensive, but if you get to know the city well, there are several ways to keep costs down.  The subway and bus system is super efficient you won`t be riding cabs etc. Food can be inexpensive once you get used to eating the local stuff.  And its excellent too!\nRent is expensive, but so is NYC.  Similar to NYC, its the endless options that are ultimately expensive.  There is always something to do, or somewhere to spend money.  Its the same craziness.  \nAbout your pay, it would depend on the fixed bonus structure. Most Japanese companies pay a 1-2 month bonus 2x a year.  So at this rate, 600,000 yen or 650,000 yen a month would be about right.\nIf you`re requesting an expat package, then you may want them to provide housing (an apartment) and give you about 500,000 yen/month in salary. Really depends on how flexible your company is in the U.S. and it also depends whether your employer is Japanese firm or a MNC.  \nI would assume that you spend about 2000 dollars on an apartment/mo. while earning 70k. You would similarily need about 180,000 yens - 200,000 yens a month for an aparment in Tokyo.  Will still be a rabbit hole, but not very different from the ones in NYC. NYC is ridiculously expensive too!