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In Singapore, a certificate to own a car now costs $106,000 (www.reuters.com)

submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] TheSean@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago

Taxis in NYC have medallions, that are significantly more than $100k, and that makes the scarcity of taxis just enough that they are in demand but rarely unused.