World's Most Expensive Cities 2009


No. 18 Abuja, Nigeria
2008 rank: 16

Movie ticket: $10.37
Quick lunch: $24.68
Washing machine: $669.38
Kilo of rice: $7.79
Can of soft drink: $1.77
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/06/0615_most_expensive_cities/19.htm

Lets clap for yar'adua!
*applause*
if he can make abuja 18 most expensive city surely a 7 point agenda is childs play

I am not exactly sure how this is considered an honor, I mean being one of the most expensive cities in the world,

Me too

Expensive city dont mean shit where poverty is about 90% of the population. One of the major reason Abuja is thriving cause of the stolen loot that is easily circulating.

They are sad because Nigeria has been mentioned again.

blacksta:

Expensive city dont mean shit where poverty is about 90% of the population. One of the major reason Abuja is thriving cause of the stolen loot that is easily circulating.

Another meaningless comparison.

Have you lived in Abuja to confirm if those figures are true- of course they are not true - even in Transcorp Hilton, those prices are over exagerated. Even in Grand Square - the topmost shopping mall in Abuja, there is no washing machine sold for $669.38. Come on, not everything you read online or somewhere like that is absolutely correct, I hate people who just jump into conclusions.

if Abuja is expensive then what do u call Shylock Lagos?

I dont have to live in abuja to know whether it is expensive or not - can u please tell me the cost of staying at hilton for a night ?

Being the most expensive city or the 18th most expensive city in the world is not a source of pride, especially when the money used to build that city helped to impoverish other parts of the country

Please tell us about things that will improve the lot of the ordinary people not the kleptocrats.

Some people cant see beyond their nose. Where in Abuja do they sell washing machine for 669.38?

I want someone to prove this to me, I live in Abuja and I have shopped almost every top shop.

Are washing machines all of the same price?

blacksta:

I dont have to live in abuja to know whether it is expensive or not  - can u please tell me the cost of staying at hilton for a night ?

55k

2Legit2Qui:

Some people cant see beyond their nose. Where in Abuja do they sell washing machine for 669.38?

I want someone to prove this to me, I live in Abuja and I have shopped almost every top shop.

Do you have a washing machine at home?

idupaul:

if Abuja is expensive then what do u call Shylock Lagos?

Lagos is one of the cheapest cities to live in Nigeria. Things are cheap and there is always a place for people in your economic and social class to live. Take a trip to PH and you go understand. I used to think that PH is more expensive to live than Abuja.

Aloy.Emeka:

Do you have a washing machine at home?

No, I dont have. Come and buy for me. Poor folk. Washing machine is now a luxury in your eye of eyes? Sorry for you o. Not only do I have a washing machine, I have a dryer, do you know what that is? I say point me to where they sell washing machine that much in Abuja, and as usual, he attacks me by asking a very useless question, do I have a washing machine at home? Do I have to have a washing machine to know the price of one? Bring your head if I wont wash it clean inside my washing machine.

Guy, I just asked a question and you lost it. Do you have water and light to run your washing machine at home?

This is bad news.

No, this is the worst news

Aloy.Emeka:

World's Most Expensive Cities 2009

Can of soft drink: $1.77

what kind of soft drink are they referring to here? Fanta or Red Bull?

Those figures arent real, unless you havent been to Abuja.

softdrink for about 200 naira?

what the hell happened to the price of my pepsi orobo

They probably bought one at Nicon Noga.

Those figures are stupidly un real. Only Nigerians who are far from home will ever beleive or those who lives in the villages, the remote part of Nigeria and those who live outside Nigeria and dont have means of travelling home. Very false alarm. Even if they bought at Nicon, where very many people go to relax after a hard day's work, it cant be as expensive as that. Anyone who beleives those figures must have his head washed in bar beach water. Even if they sell in Hilton at that price, is that how to determine expensive cities? Bull crap.

Lets say they bought in one or two places, lets say eatries or joints or high class hotels, is that an indication that the city is expensive to live in?