Ouch.... I must say.. You gain some you lose some.. Why?
I was in Singapore a month ago, and I must say, your whole country is just beautiful. I felt I was back in Newport Beach, California (an upscale part of Los Angeles Suburbs). The infrastructure in Singapore is amazing. Nice roads, landscaping, freeways, buildings, lots of upscale shopping malls, etc. I wouldn't mind at all living in Singapore.. actually, I will definitely consider sending my kids there for school when they're old enough...say 18 years from now. Let's just say there's just lots of things that are really nice in Singapore, and in order to make it nice there is a price that all Singaporeans have to pay: i.e. Price of the M5 US$300k+, car impounded for moding with Eisenmann exhaust.