xanawu » montreal

purchasing power across cities

xanawu — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:38:28 +0000

as a follow up–when comparing the price of public transport, a friend duly noted that it would be more interesting to see the relative purchasing power of people in these cities.

conveniently, UBS has published a 2009 report on Prices and Earnings in 73 cities.

using New York as the benchmark, here are the relative purchasing powers [...]

bye beaucourt

xanawu — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:00:27 +0000

I’ve moved! 4 years, 7 roommates, and countless summer sublettors. new address to be determined. somewhere in hanoi.

hidden mosque

xanawu — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:55:38 +0000

behind the bar laitier just east of the nasty corner of saint-laurent & sainte-catherine.

osheaga

xanawu — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:34:36 +0000

both taken with my new sony-ericsson k530i.(and if you don’t know what osheaga is, check out osheaga.com)

summer, please

xanawu — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:54:47 +0000

grabbing coffee near concordia

people are so ready for summer that it even seems nice to sit by the side of a road under construction. (does anyone remember it snowed a week ago?)

two more exams. and then, and then? … the excitement of the unknown.