10. Lausanne, Switzerland
Kicking off our top 10 is Lausanne, another Swiss city where things do not come cheap. The exchange rate in Switzerland is a little different than the cities that we’ve learned a little about, because the exchange rate from Swiss francs to US dollars is actually above one at 1.017 USD / CHF. That means that the US dollar amount is actually slightly less than it would be in Switzerland.
However, just because we’re spending less US dollars doesn’t mean that it’s not expensive living in Switzerland. In Lausanne, it costs $11 US for a pound of chicken breast and nearly six dollars for a carton of twelve eggs. Business shoes cost 176 US dollars and jeans are something like $103. It also costs nearly five dollars for four rolls of toilet paper and nearly $100 for a gym membership in a nice part of town. Rent doesn’t climb above three grand on average, but depending on who you are, paying a hair less than three grand a month for an apartment is unheard of.
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