As someone who moved to Singapore this year, I'm amazed at people who say their personal finances are okay. I think it depends heavily on who pays you, namely i

As someone who moved to Singapore this year, I'm amazed at people who say their personal finances are okay. I think it depends heavily on who pays you, namely if you're paid in your home currency or not. SG is hell of expensive for almost everything, even more so if you're paid in SGD. Moreover, that "people aren't friendly to expats" has got to be the most incorrect thing I see on this list. Who are these people running into? Once you get into a conversation with people, cats are generally cool and can talk a bit about themselves, just like in any country. They aren't as courteous as people were in the say the Midwest (where people are very very nice even to strangers) but I do not get at all that people are unkind. If anything, I find people are curious about you. If people are reacting to how some situations people are busy, that's just how it is. In certain situations like buying food at a hawker centre you just have to keep things moving along. If the worker isn't busy (likely they won't be) they can be more "friendly" I guess.