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Marksman_91

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Fri Jun 13, 2014, 09:10 PM Jun 2014

Caracas named the most expensive city for expats

http://time.com/2865152/most-expensive-city-expats/

Caracas, Venezuela topped the list after runaway inflation hurdled the city from 32nd place to 1st in one year. Surveyors found price levels 40% above the second costliest city: Oslo, Norway. Luanda, Angola came in third partly due to import tariffs that have hiked the price for a half-liter tub of vanilla ice cream to $31. Rounding out the list was Juba, South Sudan, where a 90 kilometer drive along one of the only continuous roads to the outside world can take upwards of 24 hours to navigate, according to the World Bank.


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So, how's that revolution working out for the dimwit successor?
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Caracas named the most expensive city for expats (Original Post) Marksman_91 Jun 2014 OP
This is assuming that expats don't have access to black market currency. Paolo123 Jun 2014 #1
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