I was thinking....

[DimPrawn]

WTF is 'exponentially better off' ?

Why are we not 'logarithmically' better off, or at worst 'linearly' better off?

I dunno. I just make this tulip up to pass some time.

[bogeyman]

I dunno. I just make this tulip up to pass some time.

Yes, clearly.

Haven't you got a Rachmanesque Swindon propetry letting empire to run or something?

[swamp]

Now Moscow is the most expensive city in the world to live in

That record was only for expats, and most of the money was on rent. There was a big shortage of quality accommodation in the city. Now you can rent an executive two bedroom flat for peanuts in Moscow.

[swamp]

I was saying...

[ASB]

That record was only for expats, and most of the money was on rent. There was a big shortage of quality accommodation in the city. Now you can rent an executive two bedroom flat for peanuts in Moscow.

I wouldn't go for peanuts. But they have dropped by about 70% - about 5 years ago it could easily be 10-15k US for a decent western apartment in a decent area. Hotels have dropped too, normally I stay in the Radisson Slavyanskaya. Our corporate rate has dropped from about 700 US to just over 100 gbp.