Proof positive that London's the most expensive city in the world, as if I really needed any. Interesting to see Sydney is as low as 11th as well. However these sort of infographic's can't be that meaningful if they doesn't even take in to account the average local salary - I think that would skew things even worse for London (and probably better for Sydney too) via Sydney Morning Herald

"Aussie home prices world's most-overpriced: survey" More confirmation (if any was needed) that living in Sydney seems to be getting more and more expensive - this time from the Economist. When I first got here I thought things were a little cheaper than back home, if more expensive compared to other places in Oz. Now it's just feckin' expensive plain and simple. We're currently apartment hunting again because they just keep jacking up the rent here by $20 a week every 6 months (and because of the horribly loud construction site outside). The way things are going I could never imagine being able to afford somewhere that wasn't a 3 hour commute from everywhere.

Mostly for reasons of leg-room, I hate flying. So I'm disgusted, but not exactly surprised to see Qantas are taking their new, relatively roomy A380 planes and stuffing them with 100 extra economy seats. At least we're going back to Dublin in April with a different airline, one that won't stop twice along the way and hopefully with a little more room.