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Re:Show HN: NomadList – The best cities to live and work rem... by csomar on Wednesday July 30, 2014 @10:22AM (#8108277)
Luxury cars are not that expensive if they are very high on your list.

Tunisia is poorer than Romania, and if you visit the streets, you'll see tons of Mercedes, BMWs, Porsches... The local just want to have one and that is the reason.

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Re:Show HN: NomadList – The best cities to live and work rem... by salih on Wednesday July 30, 2014 @01:42PM (#8109788)
Funny, I was about to post the exact same remark about Tunisia.

As a tunisian, this always confuse me. the average salary is WAY less than $1000, the tax on imported cars is very high, yet the number of luxury cars is too damn high.

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Re:Show HN: NomadList – The best cities to live and work rem... by nikster on Thursday July 31, 2014 @12:31AM (#8112476)
Usually this is just a sign of a society with no middle class. Lots of poor, a fair number of truly rich, and not much in-between.

Expensive cars are all over Phnom Penh too, even though the country is dirt poor. They belong to the rich elite.

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