Quote: (Originally Posted by
kieranu)
As long as you're on nice ex-pat dollars and you're not working 12-18 hour days and weekends like the local slaves Singapore will be a good spot to be based. Just as well since you'll be paying upwards of 10 Euro for a pint of Guinness.
I think we are on a tangent curve, but what the heck...
I think that's true for most ex-pat locations, prices tend to be driven up due the high demand...
For Singapore, it is because of the limited resources (i.e. land, having to import everything even water, etc) as the island is only 30x40 km, IIRC (i.e. the size of loop-610 if anyone is familiar with Houston) and 3 millions people.
One of the "justifications" for ex-pat job (working overseas away from home country) is the higher compensation. Take that away and the incentive is lost (for most people).
Of course, there are nicer ex-pat locations like Singapore, KL, Thailand, etc and crappy locations like Iran, Afganistan, Saudi, etc. So depending on your "luck"...
And 10 Euro for a pint of Guinness is not that expensive, I have seen much worse...
