As someone living here for most of his life, yeah, Singapore has become very expensive. Doesn't help that inflation has been around 6% ~ 7% per year. The .gov

As someone living here for most of his life, yeah, Singapore has become very expensive. Doesn't help that inflation has been around 6% ~ 7% per year. The .gov here has been playing with the exchange rate (rather than interest rates) to help out but it really hasn't really worked out.