Turkmenistan's capital tops list of most expensive cities (Never heard of this city before Ashgabat)

[Titanium100]

I have never heard of this city in my life nor seen any pictures of it and this is just beyond me how can a country stay this secretive in this social media age is beyond my wildest imagination.. They managed to build some sort of an oasis. Honestly nobody knows anything about central Asia they have managed to stay quite and out of the limelight literally. A city stranger than fiction it is as if Agrabah rose out of nowhere in central Asia

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Turkmenistan's capital tops list of most expensive cities for expats

The capital of Turkmenistan in Central Asia has been named as the world's most expensive city for foreign workers.

Ashgabat, a city of about one million people, topped a 2021 cost-of-living survey by consultancy firm Mercer.
The ranking puts Ashgabat above last year's priciest city, Hong Kong, which was placed second, followed by Beirut in Lebanon and Tokyo in Japan.
The annual report ranks 209 cities based on the cost of expenses such as housing, transport and food.
Mercer said it evaluated more than 200 goods and services for the report, which is designed to help companies and governments around the world determine how much they should pay expatriate employees.
Expatriates, or expats, are people who live or work outside their native countries.

Most of the cities in Mercer's top 10 are business hubs where economic growth has led to a hike in the price of housing and other living costs.

Strange enough everything in the city is build with white marble

 

[Titanium100]

 

[Battlion25]

 

[Azadkashmir]

 

[graphican]

Wao.. that's beautiful! Looks like it's a newly established city as everything is planned and there is no suburban population.

 

[Azadkashmir]

Wao.. that's beautiful! Looks like it's a newly established city as everything is planned and there is no suburban population.

thats cos every week the dictator, makes the population dissapear.

 

[zartosht]

Another crazy egotistical dictator who funnels all the natural national wealth into his own pockets, and shiny buildings and ego projects to make themselves look succesful..

its a common feature of these energy rich central asian dictators. Azerbaijan also does the exact same.

Lots of shiny and expensive buildings, but the people are piss poor and the economy/hopes for upwards social mobility are non-existant.

a hollow show country. absolutely pathetic if you ask me.

 

[Titanium100]

Another crazy egotistical dictator who funnels all the natural national wealth into his own pockets, and shiny buildings and ego projects to make themselves look succesful..

its a common feature of these energy rich central asian dictators. Azerbaijan also does the exact same.

Lots of shiny and expensive buildings, but the people are piss poor and the economy/hopes for upwards social mobility are non-existant.

a hollow show country. absolutely pathetic if you ask me.

They are not in poverty and far from it. Even if a leader is greedy as long as the economy is doing great it increases the livelihood of everyone. There is also no evidence that this guy is greedy? What evidence is there for that. The Per capita nearly 20k $19526 and also the civilian private homes look quite luxury and great building private home complexes they live in as in compared to Iran they have almost double per capita which means they are well off and doing great for themselves as far as wealth goes on the private individual level.

In order for the city to become worlds most expensive everyone most contribute to that by being able to throw around alot of cash

 

[Beast]

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I thought dog is Haram for Islam? Turkmenistan is mostly Islamic , right?

They are not in poverty and far from it. Even if a leader is greedy as long as the economy is doing great it increases the livelihood of everyone. There is also no evidence that this guy is greedy? What evidence is there for that. The Per capita nearly 20k $19526 and also the civilian private homes look quite luxury and great building private home complexes they live in as in compared to Iran they have almost double per capita which means they are well off and doing great for themselves as far as wealth goes on the private individual level.

In order for the city to become worlds most expensive everyone most contribute to that by being able to throw around alot of cash

GDP is only $7411. $19526 is per Capita is PPP

They are not in poverty and far from it. Even if a leader is greedy as long as the economy is doing great it increases the livelihood of everyone. There is also no evidence that this guy is greedy? What evidence is there for that. The Per capita nearly 20k $19526 and also the civilian private homes look quite luxury and great building private home complexes they live in as in compared to Iran they have almost double per capita which means they are well off and doing great for themselves as far as wealth goes on the private individual level.

In order for the city to become worlds most expensive everyone most contribute to that by being able to throw around alot of cash

GDP is only $7411. $19526 is per Capita is PPP

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Ashgabat

Formerly known as Ashkabad then Turkified to Ashgabat. This is what Peshawar, Lahore or Karachi would have looked if the Russians had reached the Indus Basin and Russified, Gorafied our people and culture. Instead we have proud slumdog cities like Karachi full of 'paak' and green.

people are piss poor

You must lead a sheltered life. You want to see 'piss poor' visit Pakistan and if you want to realy indulge yourself and feel privilaged go visit one India's slumdog cities like Mumbai or Kolkatta. Even the Afghan refugees refused to go there.

 

[Valar.]

Turkmenistan is an isolated hellhole ruled by a narcissist lunatic dictator whose entire life revolves around himself and him imposing himself on its poor afraid people. Watch some of his crazily funny videos on youtube.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

poor afraid people

Whatever they are the Turkmen are better fed, better clotherd, better housed, better access to health care, higher literacy then any South Asian nation. and live in a safer, cleaner society.

 

[Apollon]

Turkmenistan is an isolated hellhole ruled by a narcissist lunatic dictator whose entire life revolves around himself and him imposing himself on its poor afraid people. Watch some of his crazily funny videos on youtube.

Its a complete freak show. I think only Kim tops him.

Whatever they are the Turkmen are better fed, better clotherd, better housed, better access to health care, higher literacy then any South Asian nation.

You seriously believe Turkmens live better than Singapore?

 

[Indus Pakistan]

You seriously believe Turkmens live better than Singapore?

I said 'South Asia' not South EAST Asia. Turkmen on every measure live a better life than that glorified superpower called India. That is a fact.

 

[Valar.]

Whatever they are the Turkmen are better fed, better clotherd, better housed, better access to health care, higher literacy then any South Asian nation. and live in a safer, cleaner society.

So are North Koreans....