  Thought I'd post a link to this: urlLink World's most expensive cities led by Tokyo, London - Jun. 14, 2004 . I was surprised by the poll, London was killing Tokyo and Moscow in the 'where would you rather live? ' question. I'd much rather live in Tokyo than London. The weather sucks in London. I'm surprised Guam isn't on the list. I'd say prices here are roughly comparable to Honolulu, which ranked 57 th on the list. 
