European Capitals, Moscow Top New 'Most Expensive World Cities' List
Proponents of the "social media can actually change things" school of thought recently got a boost from a weird fiasco in Israel. The price of cottage cheese—of all things—had increased dramatically over a couple of months, and had reached the point where it was double or triple the cost of cottage cheese in surrounding areas. Someone decided to launch a boycott, and from there things took off. Facebook pages were opened, Twitter hashtags were launched, and results were had. People are now debating whether the "successful Facebook rebellion heralds a new era."
Maybe, maybe not. What really struck us was how the dustup over Israeli cottage cheese prices lined up with this new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. The organization just published their latest Worldwide Cost of Living survey, and it turns out that the global economy is much weirder that even seasoned travelers can imagine.
Bread in Moscow is three times more expensive than it is in London, but cigarettes in Moscow are more than five times cheaper than in the British capital. So if you're worried about your inability to buy bread in Russia, at least you can smoke nervously about it.
The United States also saw some stereotype-shaking rankings. New York barely cracked the top 50 most expensive global cities, slipping in at 49 with both Chicago and Los Angeles being ahead and Shanghai being way ahead. Interestingly the Big Apple is still by far the most expensive city in the world to go on a one-day business trip, which—correct us if we're wrong—kind of makes it look like the city is specifically targeting sucker travelers. Are we missing something?
Also worth noting is that half of the world's most expensive cities are in Europe, because screw the Euro that's why.
[Photo: Dmitry Azovtsev / Wiki Commons]
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