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    COST OF LIVING: average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and

    clothing). The cost of goods and services.

    Examples: groceries (food), housing, transportation,utilities (gas, water, electricity,


    cable TV, telephone), healthcare (doctor, medicine),etc

    THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES IN THE WORLD.

    Rank 2009 Rank 2008 Cities


    1 2 Oslo
    2 6 Zurich
    3 4 Copenhagen
    4 7 Geneva
    5 8 Tokyo
    6 5 New York
    7 9 Helsinki
    8 13 Vienna
    9 10 Paris
    10 3 Dublin
    11 15 Munich
    12 40 Caracas
    13 16 Frankfurt
    14 11 Luxembourg
    15 21 Los Angeles
    16 12 Stockholm
    17 23 Rome
    18 28 Lyon
    19 34 Dubai
    20 19 Brussels
    21 1 London
    22 26 Barcelona
    23 14 Amsterdam
    24 38 Singapore
    25 18 Chicago
    26 22 Madrid
    27 30 Berlin
    28 35 Hong Kong
    29 33 Miami
    30 20 Milan
    31 24 Toronto
    32 25 Montreal
    33 43 Tel Aviv
    34 29 Istanbul
    35 32 Lisbon
    36 39 Athens
    37 27 Nicosia
    38 17 Sydney
    39 - Doha
    40 47 Ljubljana
    41 67 Shanghai
    42 42 São Paulo
    43 31 Seoul
    44 51 Riga
    45 36 Auckland
    46 49 Taipei
    47 52 Manama
    48 41 Rio de Janeiro
    49 54 Bratislava
    50 61 Bangkok
    51 50 Prague
    52 65 Beijing
    53 45 Tallinn
    54 59 Vilnius
    55 44 Warsaw
    56 37 Moscow
    57 46 Budapest
    58 55 Sofia
    59 60 Kiev
    60 69 Lima
    61 70 Buenos Aires
    62 48 Santiago
    63 62 Nairobi
    64 64 Johannesburg
    65 63 Jakarta
    66 57 Bogotá
    67 53 Bucharest
    68 58 Mexico City
    69 - Cairo
    70 71 Kuala Lumpur
    71 66 Manila
    72 68 Delhi
    73 56 Mumbai

    modern

    huge
    industrial

    noisy

    crowed

    safe

    interesting

    old

    Describing a city / town / village - List of adjectives

    old / new
    historic / modern
    quiet / noisy
    boring / exciting
    cold / hot
    wet / rainy / dry / windy
    polluted / dirty / clean
    convenient / expensive
    dangerous / safe

    (people in New York City drive) slow / fast


    (people in New York City are) friendly / snobbish / kind / reserved / open / outgoing
    (the museums in New York City are) interesting / boring
    (the buildings in New York City are) tall / not very tall

    there are a lot of tourists in New York City


    there aren't many tourists in New York City
    there are a lot of cyclists
    there aren't many cyclists

    New York City has a lot of pubs


    New York City has more pubs than...
    New York City has a lot of museums
    New York City has more museums than...

    Note that a place can be simply quiet/noisy/safe/dangerous etc.


    or, it can be:

    not dangerous at all


    not very dangerous
    quite dangerous
    very dangerous
    extremely dangerous
    incredibly dangerous

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