JOHOR BAHRU IS 40TH IN ASIA!

Finally, there is a chart where the name of Johor Bahru is seen! Of course it is not 40th city of best crime record in Asia, but 40th in terms of most expensive city in Asia. Congratulations! I am proud of it! Finally, Johor Bahru bags some pride and honour in the world! Singapore is 10th, Kuala Lumpur is 38th while George Town is 42nd. I am surprised that Johor Bahru is even more expensive than George Town. Probably since we are closer to Singapore than George Town closer to Kuala Lumpur, consumer goods and services cost less because of logistic reasons.

Check out the ECA International reports below.

Cost of living in Asia becomes more expensive as Europe and America bear the brunt of recession

Stronger US dollar blasts Hong Kong up the global cost of living stakes

Top 50 most expensive cities worldwide

Location	Country	Rank 09	Rank 08
Luanda	Angola	1	1
Tokyo	Japan	2	13
Nagoya	Japan	3	20
Yokohama	Japan	4	15
Kobe	Japan	5	29
Copenhagen	Denmark	6	4
Oslo	Norway	7	2
Geneva	Switzerland	8	6
Zurich	Switzerland	9	8
Basel	Switzerland	10	9
Libreville	Gabon	11	7
Bern	Switzerland	12	10
Stavanger	Norway	13	3
Helsinki	Finland	14	11
Paris	France	15	19
Abidjan	Cote d'Ivoire	16	14
Manhattan NY	United States of America	17	84
Abuja	Nigeria	18	16
Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	19	12
Baku	Azerbaijan	20	109
Berlin	Germany	21	21
Vienna	Austria	22	22
Moscow	Russia	23	5
Tel Aviv	Israel	24	38
Honolulu HI	United States of America	25	88
Beijing	China	26	104
Jerusalem	Israel	27	39
Shanghai	China	28	111
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	29	98
Strasbourg	France	30	25
New York NY	United States of America	31	101
Dublin	Irish Republic	32	36
Munich	Germany	33	28
Brussels	Belgium	34	33
The Hague	Netherlands	35	31
Dakar	Senegal	36	26
Rome	Italy	37	30
Los Angeles CA	United States of America	38	116
Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	39	41
Dusseldorf	Germany	40	35
Milan	Italy	41	32
Antwerp	Belgium	42	49
Lyon	France	43	44
Lagos	Nigeria	44	46
Stuttgart	Germany	45	48
Washington DC	United States of America	46	112
Toulouse	France	47	40
Athens	Greece	48	56
Cameroon	Cameroon	49	65
Barcelona	Spain	50	53

Most expensive cities in Asia

Location	Asia rank 2009	World rank 2009
Tokyo	1	2
Nagoya	2	3
Yokohama	3	4
Kobe	4	5
Beijing	5	26
Shanghai	6	28
Hong Kong	7	29
Shenzhen	8	59
Guangzhou	9	62
Singapore	10	72
Taipei	11	76
Tianjin	12	84
Dalian	13	86
Shenyang	14	88
Qingdao	15	89
Chongqing	16	100
Seoul	17	101
Kaohsiung	18	109
Chengdu	19	110
Suzhou	20	113
Wuhan	21	113
Xiamen	22	115
Xi'an	23	118
Nanjing	24	122
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	25	140
Busan	26	159
Ulsan	27	164
Bangkok	28	174
Vientiane	29	183
Hanoi	30	186
Tashkent	31	189
Jakarta	32	190
Chiang Mai	33	192
Ho Chi Minh City	34	198
Metro-Manila	35	202
Colombo	36	207
Surabaya	37	208
Kuala Lumpur	38	210
Dhaka	39	212
Johor Bahru	40	216
New Delhi	41	217
George Town	42	218
Mumbai	43	219
Chennai	44	223
Bangalore	45	224
Hyderabad	46	225
Pune	47	227
Karachi	48	228
Kolkata	49	229
Islamabad	50	230
Ulaanbaatar	51	233