expensive cities

Moscow is the most expensive city in the world for tourists. Next come Tokyo
and London. The least expensive city is Asuncion in Paraguay.

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:26:37 +0100, Mike..... wrote:

> Following up to Alan S
>
>>>Moscow is the most expensive city in the world for tourists. Next come Tokyo
>>>and London. The least expensive city is Asuncion in Paraguay.
>>
>> Asuncion must be bloody cheap. I doubt I've been to the
>> least expensive, but $1 sure goes a long way in Siem Reap.
>
> how about Geneva or Zurich? Surely more than London?

I don't know that London's cheaper than Zurich. Petrol's a lot cheaper
there than London don't forget.

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Tim C.

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> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:13:13 +0300, Markku Grönroos
> <kurkku@hassuserveri.fi> wrote:
>
>>Moscow is the most expensive city in the world for tourists. Next come
>>Tokyo
>>and London. The least expensive city is Asuncion in Paraguay.
>
> Asuncion must be bloody cheap. I doubt I've been to the
> least expensive, but $1 sure goes a long way in Siem Reap.
>
Are you serious? You mean that Cambodian dive? Be reasonable.

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:45:17 +0200, "Tim C." <timchallenger.uk> wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:26:37 +0100, Mike..... wrote:
>
>> Following up to Alan S
>>
>>>>Moscow is the most expensive city in the world for tourists. Next come Tokyo
>>>>and London. The least expensive city is Asuncion in Paraguay.
>>>
>>> Asuncion must be bloody cheap. I doubt I've been to the
>>> least expensive, but $1 sure goes a long way in Siem Reap.
>>
>> how about Geneva or Zurich? Surely more than London?
>
>I don't know that London's cheaper than Zurich. Petrol's a lot cheaper
>there than London don't forget.

I had a boss who got a dirty Swiss woman and a room for 6 Swiss Francs at a time
when I was paying 50 a night just for an overheated hotel room in Zurich. In the
long run I got better value.
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Martin

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:05:36 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Tim C. <timchallenger.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:26:37 +0100, Mike..... wrote:
>>
>> > Following up to Alan S
>> >
>> >>>Moscow is the most expensive city in the world for tourists. Next come
>> >>>Tokyo and London. The least expensive city is Asuncion in Paraguay.
>> >>
>> >> Asuncion must be bloody cheap. I doubt I've been to the
>> >> least expensive, but $1 sure goes a long way in Siem Reap.
>> >
>> > how about Geneva or Zurich? Surely more than London?
>>
>> I don't know that London's cheaper than Zurich. Petrol's a lot cheaper
>> there than London don't forget.
>
>Many other things are cheaper in Geneva or Zurich. Hotels, transport
>etc. Not _much_ cheaper in some cases, but enough.

Is Konstanz the Treviso of Zurich? Discuss in not more than 500 posts.
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Martin

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:22:44 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:05:36 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >Tim C. <timchallenger.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:26:37 +0100, Mike..... wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Following up to Alan S
>> >> >
>> >> >>>Moscow is the most expensive city in the world for tourists. Next come
>> >> >>>Tokyo and London. The least expensive city is Asuncion in Paraguay.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Asuncion must be bloody cheap. I doubt I've been to the
>> >> >> least expensive, but $1 sure goes a long way in Siem Reap.
>> >> >
>> >> > how about Geneva or Zurich? Surely more than London?
>> >>
>> >> I don't know that London's cheaper than Zurich. Petrol's a lot cheaper
>> >> there than London don't forget.
>> >
>> >Many other things are cheaper in Geneva or Zurich. Hotels, transport
>> >etc. Not _much_ cheaper in some cases, but enough.
>>
>> Is Konstanz the Treviso of Zurich? Discuss in not more than 500 posts.
>
>What's the Treviso of London?

Calais innit? Cheap, on the other side of the water with a good train
connection.

I should mention that Meersburg is the Treviso of Konstanz or vice versa.
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Martin

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:02:46 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:22:44 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:05:36 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
>> >> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Tim C. <timchallenger.uk> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:26:37 +0100, Mike..... wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Following up to Alan S
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >>>Moscow is the most expensive city in the world for tourists. Next
>> >> >> >>>come Tokyo and London. The least expensive city is Asuncion in
>> >> >> >>>Paraguay.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Asuncion must be bloody cheap. I doubt I've been to the
>> >> >> >> least expensive, but $1 sure goes a long way in Siem Reap.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > how about Geneva or Zurich? Surely more than London?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I don't know that London's cheaper than Zurich. Petrol's a lot cheaper
>> >> >> there than London don't forget.
>> >> >
>> >> >Many other things are cheaper in Geneva or Zurich. Hotels, transport
>> >> >etc. Not _much_ cheaper in some cases, but enough.
>> >>
>> >> Is Konstanz the Treviso of Zurich? Discuss in not more than 500 posts.
>> >
>> >What's the Treviso of London?
>>
>> Calais innit? Cheap, on the other side of the water with a good train
>> connection.
>
>Not frequent enough. Other side of the water- let's see...
>
>Croydon! :)

Gravesend? Chatham? Sheerness?
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Martin

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:12:58 +0200, Alfred Molon <alfred_molonm> wrote:

>In article <%AYhk.38227$_03.6042@reader1.news.saunalahti.fi >, Markku
>Grönroos says...
>> Moscow is the most expensive city in the world for tourists. Next come Tokyo
>> and London.
>
>Easy to find a nice hotel for 50 Euro/night in Tokyo and you can easily
>eat for 2-3 Euro in Tokyo. Not sure why Tokyo should be so expensive.

Are you posting from sunny Brittany?
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Martin

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:56:44 +0200, Frank Hucklenbroich
<Hucklenbroich01@> wrote:

>Am Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:16:59 +0100 schrieb Mike.....:
>
>> Following up to Tim C.
>>
>>> Petrol's a lot cheaper
>>> there than London don't forget.
>>
>> but then even I dont drive much in city centres.
>
>Fuel is comparably cheap all over Switzerland, not just in the cities.
>Taxes on petrol are lower than in other countries.

Some other countries, unless petrol is 50p a litre in Switzerland.

Ghadaffi has just suspended oil shipments to the Swiss because they arrested
Hannibal, his son.
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Martin

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>
> "Alfred Molon" <alfred_molonm> skrev i meddelandet
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> In article <%AYhk.38227$_03.6042@reader1.news.saunalahti.fi >, Markku
> Grönroos says...
>> Moscow is the most expensive city in the world for tourists. Next come
>> Tokyo
>> and London.
>
> Easy to find a nice hotel for 50 Euro/night in Tokyo and you can easily
> eat for 2-3 Euro in Tokyo. Not sure why Tokyo should be so expensive.
> --
>
> Indeed it's true and the same for Osaka to my experience.
> So why have Tokyo a such reputation of being expensive ?
>
Because only Moscow is more expensive.