by Rod Hughes
So you think San Jose is expensive…
Be happy you’re not in Sao Paolo or Rio, which rate the highest in cost of living in Latin America, according to the Mercer Human Resources Consulting firm, based in Britain.
Mercer’s research people found San Jose has the fifth lowest cost of living in Latin America. If you would like to live more cheaply, you’ll have to move all the way south to Montevideo, Uruguay, or Quito, Ecuador, or Asuncion, Paraguay, the least expensive cities surveyed.
Using New York as the study base (100 points) the researchers surveyed 148 cities in the world, finding that London and Moscow are the most expensive places to hang your hat. Tokyo, for example, rated quite high at 122.1 points.
Of the 148, San Jose came in 128th in the survey, among the least expensive but not as good as Asuncion in 143rd place.