I lived in Singapore for a while last year. Lodging and housing is indeed very expensive, I was living in a shared apartment in a university dorm and I had to

I lived in Singapore for a while last year. Lodging and housing is indeed very expensive, I was living in a shared apartment in a university dorm and I had to pay like 1K € per month. Certainly very expensive, although not that far from what I've seen in other expensive places like some parts of Sweden or the UK. On the other hand, food is ridiculously cheap. You can go to hawker stalls and eat a fine meal for less than 3 €. In most European countries you can't have a decent meal for less than 8 €. Damn, here in Spain I don't think I can even match the price of Singaporean hawker stalls if I buy groceries and cook myself, unless if I only eat fried eggs or pasta with tomato, and in Singapore I was eating like a king. Transportation is outrageously expensive if you need a car, but it's rather cheap if you use public transport, which has a great coverage and is really good. I don't really see much of a reason to use a car in Singapore, except if you are a car-aholic. Even if you need to go somewhere out of reach of the subway and bus network, taxis are cheap too. To sum up, I would say that the relatively cheap food and transportation compensate for the very expensive accomodation, and the overall result is that Singapore is rather expensive, but there definitely are more expensive places (at the very least in the north of Europe). I'm surprised that people are saying it's the most expensive city.