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For a small city, Singapore is rather cheap in housing and food. Vs worldwide. 
Buy BTO and eat at kopitiam. Not a problem to most Singaporean.

But recent years the increase in food prices is shocking and people can feel the pressure from the steep hike. The steep hike can be up to 50% or more over a span of 2-3 years. For example. One of the cai png stall was selling around $3 (2 veg + 1 meat) around 2-3 years back. But over the period of 2-3 years, they keep increasing until around $4.50 now.