Hey there ... Yep, you can definitely live here and not cook ... one of the reasons I moved ... been here this time since December last year and have not cooked once!!!!
You can get awesome ethnic food everywhere from as little as $3 sing ... and sure, like everywhere else you can spend as much as you like too
Re: expensive ... not sure in comparison to US or apparently (according to last poster) to UK, but compared to living in Australia it's cheaper.
1. You don't need a car -- public transport is awesome, quick, clean, cheap, easy to use, even cabs
2. You can live in HDB (govt housing) for under S$2,000 a month for 2 beds, 2 baths, centrally located
3. You can buy cheap clothes / shoes for $10 in the heartlands or you can spend stupid amounts of cash on label (as with anywhere in the world)
4. Booze is expensive compared to Australia and probably the US ... but that's up to you ... you can get local beer and drink in the nightmarkets if you really want to save $$$
5. Broadband / phones / mobiles etc much, much, much cheaper than in Aust
As with everywhere you can live as cheaply or as you want ...
One of the very cool things about Sing is that it's so close to everywhere else.
You can fly to Thailand for S$50!!! or pop across the border to Malaysia (very, very cheap and very, very good food from there ) ... you can get cheap flights to every part of Asia, including Japan, HK and China ... even to Australia!!!
So ... personally ... I love it here ... I'm on a 3 year contract and hope my company will renew it!
