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Thoughts on Cost of living

Started by encourageSome1, Sep 14, 2024, 10:22 PM

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Has cost of living remained steady over recent years vs rest of developed world ?

Yes COL are stable n affordable
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Yes COL stable but not very affordable
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No COL rise so much but it's affordable generally
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No COL rise so much I feel strangled
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Other (pls share ur own thoughts )
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Total Members Voted: 6

Voting closed: Sep 28, 2024, 10:22 PM

Arctic

Quote from: EncourageSome1 on Sep 16, 2024, 01:27 PMLast time our only hobby was go market
Go school
Or go cc play playground n watch the black white noisyTV

Black and white TV? Auntie you 60 or 70 yrs old?

Arctic

Quote from: default on Sep 16, 2024, 01:26 PMno la im not saying that is reasonable, im also saying everything adds up

im saying in perspective. my flat was built in 1973 and cost 9k+ (let's round up to 10k)

51 years later, this place costs about 380-400k

less than 50 yrs lease left and cost 400k, 40x the price in 1973. did our salaries increase 40x?

cost of running the forum is definitely not reasonable for the number of people we get. no economies of scale

LW say salary in tandem with price of hdb wor

Pineapple man say $1k can buy flat. I assume it's best case example with ALL the subsidies
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Philipkee

My bro shared with me that during a business trip to london, he decided to just take some time off and visit the places he went to when he was younger.  The prices in the area show up so much compared to the increase in local salary

So he commented that while there is a lot of inflation in Singapore, people complaining about it has not seen how bad inflation is overseas.  Even Malaysia is crazy but just that because of the exchange rate it feels ok
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No guessing game

Quote from: EncourageSome1 on Sep 16, 2024, 01:27 PMLast time our only hobby was go market
Go school
Or go cc play playground n watch the black white noisyTV
Zhun bo
Quote from: EncourageSome1 on Sep 16, 2024, 01:27 PMLast time our only hobby was go market
Go school
Or go cc play playground n watch the black white noisyTV


Zhun bo? Got sun bian pak goli?
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encourageSome1

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encourageSome1

Quote from: Nevereatrice on Sep 16, 2024, 02:03 PMZhun bo

Zhun bo? Got sun bian pak goli?

Cc got a bit of sandy ground near playground mostly grass

Goli is for when we climbed over school gate and played in full school field
Not that bit of playground land
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encourageSome1

Quote from: Nevereatrice on Sep 16, 2024, 01:49 PMTaylor swift concert sold out in 1 min

Everyone mk ownself eat grass
Their kids eat bird nest
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Arctic


encourageSome1

Quote from: peaceheart on Sep 16, 2024, 04:25 PMYour cpf must be gaolat

Olden day no cpf de
Recent invention niah lei
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Arctic

Quote from: EncourageSome1 on Sep 16, 2024, 06:27 PMOlden day no cpf de
Recent invention niah lei

Pension scheme even more power!!!

encourageSome1

Quote from: peaceheart on Sep 16, 2024, 06:52 PMPension scheme even more power!!!

Pension is for civil servant na
We coolie Kang got zilch
We kept inside sodapia metal tin
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default

Quote from: EncourageSome1 on Sep 16, 2024, 07:05 PMPension is for civil servant na
We coolie Kang got zilch
We kept inside sodapia metal tin


Bokoleng no cpf. Ure my laopeh age then ya i believe
Only money is real

encourageSome1

Quote from: default on Sep 16, 2024, 07:46 PMBokoleng no cpf. Ure my laopeh age then ya i believe

Compulsory since 199x
Before that all part time and contract workforce ppl no cpf de
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