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Singapore: Right to own a car starts at $76,000. And that doesn’t include the car (edition.cnn.com)

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[-] st0v@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 year ago

what a lot of people can't understand is that a car I'm singapore is a ball and chain. it's not freedom by any stretch of the imagine there.

it's a status symbol or a job requirement.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

And why is this exactly?

Has it to do with the close to no parking spots in Singapore? Or something about fuel being expensive or something?

[-] st0v@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 year ago

you can visit the entire country on the subway or a short grab ride.

owning registering, parking, repairing and fueling a car is a completely unnecessary living cost, not to mention much much more expensive than the US or Europe.

[-] pycorax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well not exactly the entire country, pretty sure people who need to gedong would have a lot to say about that. But most places? Yea definitely. I do have friends who stay in Punggol that don't enjoy squeezing in the trains to head to Buona for work though.

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Oh yea, fuel is expensive. It's like more than US$2 per litre now. If this online converter is right, that's more than US$7.60 per gallon.

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