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You really don't need a car to live in Singapore. Most of the time, driving will take you longer than getting on the metro. Remember that Singapore is an extremely small country and you can easily commute to anywhere on the island with a pushbike (even in the rain, most offices have showers).

Renting or buying property is the expensive part of living in Singapore. However, it is quite inexpensive to get a live-in maid/nanny.

That being said, it's also a little unfair to use it as a standard reference point, given that it's a small city-state which also happens to be the best-placed trading port in the world. Singapore is an outlier - when you can take the cream off an inordinate amount of trade pouring past, you don't need as much income tax.

You really don't need a car in singapore. It's one city, and you can fly everywhere in SE asia for $50-$200 round trip with AirAsia.

I've been there, thanks for assuming, and I also know how much a car costs.

You don't need a car there, it's a petty way to show off. Taxis are absurdly cheap in Singapore. gothere.sg is a great site for getting places too.