Singapore is the world's best city to live in, according to HSBC's Expat survey

Are they kidding? Oh yeah, it's HSBC.

Singapore has very serious problems that translate differently to all of it's inhabitants including it's expats. This fact can be uncovered with a simple conversation with a cabbie.

Rant: I can't help but feel insulted when I'm presented with media/propaganda that mentions a survey or poll that supposedly promotes the point of view of a particular group of people. It's a warn out (albeit effective) tool of manipulation that should be laughed off stage whenever it's presented to an audience like HN. What expats? How long have they lived there? Where are they from? These are just a few questions that one should ask in a case like this.

As a Singaporean who went to school in the US, traveled and lived abroad extensively for a number of years, Singapore is a pretty decent place to live and raise a family. Singapore has more things right than wrong.

Yes, unless you're gay or smoke pot or like free speech or...

I know Singapore quite well. And yes it is a nice city but also very boring. Nothing to do but shopping.

Ok - let’s be real - I lived in Singapore for two years. It’s a great place, but only for two years, and only if you like to travel.

Singapore itself is really pretty boring and it is hard to meet people that aren’t expats and even they are hard to meet.

So northern Europe and former British colonies top yet another list for best quality of life.