GPGT - Living In Malaysia Isn’t “Cheaper” Than Singapore

LoaGong12

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its a matter of the purchasing power of your money, everywhere the same.... received SGD spend in MY VS received RM spend in MY mah.
Umm doesn’t work like that. Not everything one consumes is locally produced. Why u think ppl in developing countries want to live in developed ones? And it’s not just abt sending money back home .
Esp in cities - eg KL. Is very expensive . Don’t say it’s choice - of course kids want to go nice malls etc. Freaking ex relative to their wages
 

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Kuala LumpurSingapore
Mee rebus for breakfast at a nearby coffee shopRM7SGD3
Big Mac Value Meal at McDonalds for lunchRM15.60SGD8.65
Grande Cappuccino at StarbucksRM13.80SGD6.60
3-course dinner at a mid-range restaurantRM80SGD77


Kuala LumpurSingapore
iPhone 12 as gift for their partner’s birthdaysRM3,399SGD1,199
Levi brand jeans for themselvesRM300SGD99


https://www.therakyatpost.com/livin...er-than-singapore-according-to-this-youtuber/

Only low ses Sinkies will think that it is cheap.

Malaysia sucks and if not SGD everything is so expensive for such a resource-rich country.

Grads earn 2500RM yet their hawker fare is 7 to 9RM. In comparison, in Sinkieland grads earn 3500SGD and get to enjoy hawker fare for 3 to 5SGD. Majulah PAP!
 

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Malaysia is only cheap if u earn sgd and spend myr
Else the jiuhu kias are actually worse off than us in terms of everyday expenditure

Except for COE and JHB
 

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TS don't dare put property per square foot cost ah?

Normal sinkie spend at least 70% of their lifetime earnings on housing. That should be the lumba one thing on the list.

All the other costs are really immaterial compared to housing
 

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I challenge those who think KL provides better standard of living to move there as try lol.
 

eeLoyH

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1:3 neh. Still cheaper than SG. Everyday can go 3 course mid tier meal
But fact is they don’t earn three times more than us. That’s why there’s a lot of them wanting to come over
 

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Inb4 big house in JB 500k RM

inb4 Jiak seafood in dunga bay $150 RM

inb4 car in jb 50k
 

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I agree, need to factor cost of regularly being robbed, and healthcare costs of getting injuries from said robberies.
 

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Buy car in Malaysia cannot la stuck in traffic everyday dunno how long.

must invest in helicopter then better standard of living
 

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So no one's gonna mention the calculation error for 3 course dinner?

3-course dinner at a mid-range restaurantRM80SGD77
 

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Only low ses Sinkies will think that it is cheap.

Malaysia sucks and if not SGD everything is so expensive for such a resource-rich country.

Grads earn 2500RM yet their hawker fare is 7 to 9RM. In comparison, in Sinkieland grads earn 3500SGD and get to enjoy hawker fare for 3 to 5SGD. Majulah PAP!
hawker fair to be $5-7 sgd by 2025 and grad pay to be stagnant @$3kish, Mark my words
 

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The chart shows that every single item on it is cheaper in bolehland than here.

Just looking at the big mac alone, 5.2x sgd vs our 8.65.

3 course dinner so big difference.... 26.7sgd vs our 77sgd.

For smaller ticket items(eg pang sai zua), the gap is smaller but the difference can add up to a lot over time since they are frequently bought items.

:(
 
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other parts of msia should be cheaper. KL is quite similar to sg in terms of cost of living. you will feel the pain even if you earn SGD but spend MYR in KL
 

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My gym jhk always laugh at us sinker he say retiring after 2yr more to pay off his 2nd johor condo
Typical jhk, come here use our resources earn money and find the slightest chance to mock and bite the hands tat feed them .... to musk their inferior complex :s42:

Look at all those jhk comment and reply in edmw u know aredy ..... :o
 
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