which is the cheapest?

[SL4sh]

which of these countries that have the cheapest living cost, cars and fuel price?
- Canada
- Australia
- Japan
- France
- UK
- Singapore

 

[Perfect Balance]

Definitely not Japan, and I doubt UK is either.


I'm voting for Canada, but I really don't have anything to back it up.

 

[McLaren]

Going to have to depend on the city, bud.

It's cheaper to live here in Plano than it is in Tokyo, but I'm sure it's also cheaper living in many of the regions in Japan than it is in New York.

 

[Sage]

google.com/search…cost+of+living+by+country…

 

[Robin]

I think its between Canada and Australia.

 

[exigeracer]

Cost of living between Canada and Australia is probably pretty similar, but I can guarantee you Australia has more expensive gas and cars.

 

[YSSMAN]

I'll echo that statement... America's hat folk get their stuff for not too much more than we do in the States, and the Aussies aren't too far away. Although I'm sure their national tax rates on nearly everything increase it significantly by comparison to what we have in the US.

 

[ferrari_chris]

New Zealand is cheaper than Australia even!

 

[Casio]

Australia is pretty cheap unless you're buying cars or houses.

 

[niky]

You can rule out Singapore... the cost of housing is atrocious, and they have the same ludicrous auto-taxes you'd have to pay in the UK.

My place (The Philippines) is reaaaaally cheap to live in if you're living on a US pension or a US salary. Gasoline is relatively cheap, land is cheap and food is even cheaper. Only thing that sucks is the 100% tax on automobiles over $20,000.

 

[Slicks]

Certain parts of Canada are cheap - Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba, once you get out of the larger cities. Vancouver, Victoria, and the larger cities on any water (West or East Coast, Great Lakes, St. Lawrence) are expensive. Housing in Victoria has been rising rapidly for the past six years or so - An average home won't be less than $400,000. New builds add a couple hundred thousand to that.
Gas, being on an island, is typically the most expensive in Canada - We're usually 15 to 20 cents per litre above the national average.

Basically... Any desireable place to live in will be expensive. Anywhere that's in the middle of nowhere, won't be.

 

[mafia_boy]

New Zealand is cheaper than Australia even!

Which makes it such a good holiday choice for the Aussies.

NZ get better JDM import cars than we do aswell due to a more relaxed import scheme. Lot's of Skyline's and Evo's to play with there.

Thanks to the global credit crisis, it's very cheap here in Australia now. Petrol has gone down 40%, Houses are LITERALLY $100-200k cheaper within weeks (3bd house was $500k, now they're struggling to get $300k!!), and most other goods have gotten cheaper (apart from Coca-Cola, the bastards!! )

I've been looking for an 8 seater. 6mths ago I would've been looking at $5k plus for a cheapie, now I can find the same type of cars for less than 1/2 of that.

 

[SL4sh]

thanks for the answer, guys..