Beirut The Most expensive city in Arab World - Page 2 - The Orange Room

PhoenixResurrection

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Originally Posted by lebanon4ever

hehe,we went out,a group of guys from the company to eat suchi.we were three,me and two foreigners.We paid about 134$ for the dinner.My friend was surprised,he told me at Istanbull,turkey,they had a very good meal ,for two persons for about 21 $ only.

Well naturally a sushi dinner will not cost like a falafel dinner... specially if teh restaurant is in DT or monot

Outlife

Beirut ???

what about dubai
i think it's more expensive from beirut it's min the double or triple

BiZaRo

oh you should see Miami.
for the rent price of a condo here, you can build a villa in lebanon :D
what cheeper is the cell phone and gas which is getting higher now :S

Superman

Outlife, dubai prices are almost the same as beirut prices, like for example the arguileh in lebanon is about 5000 LL and in dubai its 15 derhams.

15 derhams / 3.65 = 4132 LL

The same goes for the food, some are lower from beirut by maximum 1000 LL and some are higher than beirut by maximum 1000 LL.

Outlife

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Originally Posted by tazzzi

Outlife, dubai prices are almost the same as beirut prices, like for example the arguileh in lebanon is about 5000 LL and in dubai its 15 derhams.

15 derhams / 3.65 = 4132 LL

The same goes for the food, some are lower from beirut by maximum 1000 LL and some are higher than beirut by maximum 1000 LL.

u r talking about 1 think
when i was in dubai i search for a studio to rent u know a small studio 2m*3m te2riban bi 500$ can u immagine

the transportation in dubai is 3al 3edded and it's soooo expenses , and if u want to eat a good food u have to go to some hotel and also it's expensive,

if u want to wear clothes it's more expensive from lebanon
the only think is cheaper is the electronic thing ( tv, dvd ...)

PhoenixResurrection

Outlife,
According to Mercer Human Resource Consulting's study, Dubai is ranked 73th and beirut 52nd.
Did you read the Daily Star article where they explained why Beirut is that expesnive? If you read it and still still believe Dubai more expensive then beirut and that this consulting firm failed their study, you can always send them a complaint email...

BEPSEH

GO east Go west !! Da7yeh is the best !

Outlife

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Originally Posted by PhoenixResurrection

Outlife,
According to Mercer Human Resource Consulting's study, Dubai is ranked 73th and beirut 52nd.
Did you read the Daily Star article where they explained why Beirut is that expesnive? If you read it and still still believe Dubai more expensive then beirut and that this consulting firm failed their study, you can always send them a complaint email...

yes sure but i was talking about something malmous
in the end they took in consideration a lot of things, and i was giving my own experience

exiled_bandit

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Originally Posted by tazzzi

Outlife, dubai prices are almost the same as beirut prices, like for example the arguileh in lebanon is about 5000 LL and in dubai its 15 derhams.

15 derhams / 3.65 = 4132 LL

The same goes for the food, some are lower from beirut by maximum 1000 LL and some are higher than beirut by maximum 1000 LL.

1st
1$ =3.68 Dhr.
so 15 dhr= 4.07$=~6135 LL so ~1000LL more than beirut!

2nd
1 coke cane = 1 dhr= 0.2718$= 408 LL (major diff from beirut)

3rd
mothercare for example prices from 10 to 100 Dhr = 2.7 $ to 27 $ can u find the same from the same shop in Lebanon??
1 liter of fuel 98 octane in dubai ~ 4.2 dhr= 1.14 $ what about beirut? 1 lit= ??
celluler call: 0.30 dhr/ minut! in leb ???
phone card lasts for six month after 1st call before exiry & costs 30dhr (8$) in leb it costs min 20$ and lasts only till 22 of month!!!
& so on...........

Lebe

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Originally Posted by confirm password

As someone who has lived in Jeddah, Beirut and Montreal in that order:

Cost of living in Beirut is more expensive than Jeddah, KSA --> I agree

But Montreal, Canada is cheaper than Beirut and Jeddah according to this list? No freaking way

Rez2allah 3ala eyyem Beirut ou Jeddah, everything is so expensive here in Mtl (rent, food, electricity, phone, clothes, you name it). The one thing I have found which is much less expensive than in Beirut is university tuition provided you are a Canadian citizen or resident (even cheaper if you are a Quebec resident and studying in Quebec- my entire BSc degree here, 3 years, cost just a little bit more than what I was paying at AUB for one year).

As for the free health care, well we are paying for it with taxes (there are taxes on everything) and it's a terrible system. The healthcare infrastructure in Canada is in desperate need of $$$$$$$$$ inflow.

I agree with you 100%. I'm in between all those 3 countries (Dhahran, Ottawa, Beirut) and agree that Saudi Arabia is cheapest, then beirut then Canada. But the thing i must agree with in the report is that there were a lot of German cities in the list under 50. That country is very very expensive.

Dubai comparing to Saudi Arabia is a lot more expensive. Try taking a taxi in Dubai, now compare that to Beirut. God bless our 1,000 LL sarvice :D.