Hello Regino,
Below you will find the results of my research.
COST OF LIVING RANKINGS 2006/2007
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Cost of Living Survey - Worldwide Rankings 2006
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Rank City Country COL Index
91 Santiago Chile 74.5
103 Monterrey Mexico 71.6
134 San Jose Costa Rica 58.1
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?With New York as the base city scoring 100 points, Moscow scores
123.9 and is nearly three times costlier than Asuncion, which has an
index of 43.5.?
?Mercer?s survey covers 144 cities across six continents and measures
the comparative cost of over 200 items in each location, including
housing, transport, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment.
It is the world?s most comprehensive cost of living survey and is
used to help multinational companies and governments determine
compensation allowances for their expatriate employees.?
See the ranking of 144 cities here:
http://www.finfacts.com/costofliving.htm
Quality of Living Survey 2006
Each city is based on an evaluation of 39 criteria, including
political, social, economic and environmental factors, personal safety
and health, education, transport and other public services. Cities are
ranked against New York as the base city, which has an index score of
100.
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Worldwide Quality of Living Survey 2006
Base City: New York, USA ( =100)
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Rank Index
2006 City Country 2006
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81 SANTIAGO Chile 86.5
94 MONTERREY Mexico 82.2
106 SAN JOSE Costa Rica 77.8
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SOURCE Mercer Human Resource Consulting
See the ranking of 215 cities here:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-10-2006/0004336870&EDATE
"Monterrey is ranked as the most secure city in Latin America and in
Mexico. It is the only large metropolitan area of Mexico that boasts
crime rates below the national average."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterrey
CRIME: Crime rates are low to moderate throughout Chile and are
moderate in Santiago, Valparaiso, and other major cities. American
citizens visiting Chile should be as careful in cities as they would
be in any city in the United States.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1088.html
Homicide Rates (Per 100,000 Inhabitants)
Santiago, Chile 2.0
Monterrey, Mexico 2.9
Santiago, Chile
Crime Rates (Per 100,000 Inhabitants)
Santiago (2003)
Robbery with violence 151.6
Non-violent robbery 531.4
Homicide 1.7
Rape 15.0
http://www.foreigninvestment.cl/pdf/springboard.karen.india.2005.ppt
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Security index
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Rank City Country Security Index
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1 Monterrey Mexico Very good
1 Santiago Chile Very good
3 San José Costa Rica Good
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranking_of_Latin_American_cities#Security_index
América Economía provides a Ranking of Latin American cities.
Download here:
http://www.americaeconomia.com/FilesMC/ciudades2005-sp.pdf
Search terms:
Santiago, Chile crime rates cost of living
Monterrey Mexico crime rates cost of living
I hope the information provided is helpful!
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
