Brah wrote:Actually I wonder if he's arrived on the cusp of a downward trend - less foreigners, lower rents (but goods and services are still high for most things), higher tensions, changing business demographics.
Thank you!Mi Amigo wrote:Welcome back JR8! Interesting (and funny in places) to read your comments on arrival. How much more expensive do you think it is now compared to when you last lived here? Being here over 9 years now, we've seen how the prices have just gone up year on year, but it must be more of a shock to be away for a while and then see a step change on your return.
No lower rents yet, quite the opposite. We recently moved house, the rental for 2BR HDB around Katong/Paya Lebar is now $2,500. Decided to get condo instead for a few hundred more.Brah wrote:... lower rents ...
LOL. We came from korea/Los Angeles so it was quite the shock..JR8 wrote:First impressions you get, when you arrive in Singapore.
- At Orchard Road. The lack of dress-sense. Young girls dressed in pink towelling baby-doll sets, coupled with black knee-length leather platform gladiator sandals.
- So many unattractive young people.
- Special offers that underwhelm, example 'Hitachino Nest beer, Usual price $10.90 for 1*330ml bottle, special price $9.85'.
It's a big deal for some people. I remember reading about someone complaining to SBS about being charged extra for bus fare. SBS then mailed her a cheque for 10 cents. The woman then took a bus to the bank to deposit the cheque. She said it's the principle of the thing, even though she just spent 63 cents more just to get a 10 cent discount.yk2366 wrote:I thought it was just me that felt the "special discount" here was a joke. At the market I frequent, Meidi-ya, their sale is always 5.50 on sale for 5.38! I don't think 20 cents in Singapore really makes a difference.
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