Surviving the World's Most Expensive City (Luanda)
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WHO KNEW that the world's most expensive city for expats and tourists is Luanda, Angola?!
That's right -- it's not New York or London or Singapore or Dubai.... Not even close. It's Luanda Angola --, and if you don't believe me, you can ask BBC News, CNN and The Guardian.
I am not kidding you that I just saw a 13'' Macbook Pro listed at $4,200 at an electronics store Luanda -- I just bought the exact same computer in Arizona for less than half that price!
After spending the last 3 days in Luanda,, I've been surprised in many ways... but none more than the outrageous prices. You can learn all about it in this video.
Just curious -- Did anyone about this before watching this video? Or is this totally news to you?
#angola #africa #expensive
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Buys Macbook in USA, sells in Luanda....
Easy profit.
But it is considered smuggling
not if less than 4 @@confusedgaming7366
there's a high demand for apple products @Avatar Airbender
You probobaly can not import/sell that for free
Its actualy a buisness here
These prices are like GTA
Puppies4Life it’s the game ~_~
That´s why there is no Gamers cuz a Ps2 ( Yeah, PS2 ) still has the prize of $10.000
@@nossiro tf?You Angolan?Which phone do you have?
@@abbad707 I have a Sansung Galaxy S4
@@nossiro potato
if EA was a city
Nice one lol
Purchases are expensive while players (like me) are broke
I think this is Wakkanda instead of Luanda
Lmaoo
Fr
A bowl of cereal cost 12 bucks
No Lööps for you then
Why No Lööps I’m Actually 🅱️illy
@@minncii hhh
SoViEtUnIoN NiBBa hehehe
Eee
Imagine paying 5 bucks for cereal
Drew: The reason for all of this cost madness lies in a 3 letter word oil.
The United States: 672 missed calls
lol
@@misterycreeper6151TRUE all were derived from OIL,So the government of Angola needs to work and focus on their economy due to the transition of energy of the world,I hope things would be allright for Angola’s future.
Although I respect Drew's opinion in the video, it's important to note that this information is geared towards those who live in high-cost urban areas. There are less expensive options available. I understand that Angola may seem like an expensive country, but if you travel inland, it can be truly amazing. There's so much to discover and explore, and I'm sure you'll have a great time.
Drew: *Breathe*
"That would be $100 with tax and tips. Thank you"
USA in a nutshell
Oslo: 10$ for small Pringles
Luanda: awww thats so cute
Pringles is like 2dollars in our country
Ok, so my roommate is from Norway and I asked him how much Pringles cost in Oslo. He said about 3 Dollars. So either you or he is lying. I'm assuming it's you.
*How many angolans people does it takes to change a lightbulb?*
Nope, it's too expensive.
WTF that is messed up
😂😂😂🙏
I think this is Wakkanda instead of Luanda
That was a good one 😂
Might as well start a camp fire
Hello Drew! My parents are Angolan so we flew there for the first time last summer. Even though it is a little bit of poverty, Angola is a beatiful country and the people there are so kind and respectful. Just a little quick thing in 2:54 you see you popcorn looking things and let me tell you this. Those are so good
Oh my goodness how expensive that is very sad
Effie Colida it’s really sad that’s why most the people here in Angola don’t have money for this stuff and the criminals level is very high . I talk for my self am scare to go aut every day in my life but what can I do that’s my homeland
@@othersissterblack1075 porque voces nao fazem uma revoluçao e tira esse governo HORRIVEL do poder?
Abraços do Brasil
@@nescaufrioemtbom1113 *we dont Portugese bro*
@@lightningbolt2656 but angola speaks portuguese
@@nescaufrioemtbom1113 owh yeah totaly true, sos
Hardest Video Idea for Drew: What can $10 get you in Luanda
Marcu5_9 it can get you a single bubble gum 😂😂😂😂😂
No, what 100$ can get you in luanda
Not even a box of cereal :(
It may look expensive but if you convert that to US dollars it's nothing
3 seconds of breathing is all I can give you
Mrbeast should go there. xD
You are write
He is indeed *write*
Spending $10,000 in Luanda *can only buy 1 item*
@@invalid5777 that's quite hostile
@_Daixchi what the fuck you mean
Yo’ Drew, you are literally one of my favourite travellers simply because I learn a lot from you. Brilliant buddy keep doing what you’re doing.
I’m Angolan and never realized how crazy our prices were until I lived abroad for a while and found myself gasping for air every time I heard a price for basic things like milk or bread 😅😅😅
Still, I love my country 🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴💪🏾💪🏾
I love Angola too, proud Angolan in Malaysia
Midê Rafael é essa assim mesmo meu wi, WE LOVE ANGOLA
I was surprised to find that prices in Angola are higher than in Norway.
And what about salaries? One has to earn 6-7k $/month at least to live normally with such prices
You love your corrupt government?
Hey I’m from Angola and I Would like to say that I’m beyond happy for your work! Keep doing it ✌🏽 you aren’t afraid and you say everything that this society needs to hear 🙌🏽
This was very interesting Binsky. Stay safe and continue having a blast! All the best.
Hello from Luanda! 😁
Well yeah the prices are crazy but idk i still prefer living here than in Europe (using it as an example bc i went to some countries) bc of the humanity you see in the majority. The kindness to help strangers and be polite. And the elders are truly respected cause they are our source of wisdom and the center of the family.
The money fact can be a struggle but theres always a little business you can do or a family member to help you out
I love my country, with his ups and downs... it will get better :)
At 2$ at day you would have to save every penny for close to 14 years to buy that tv, and 12,328 years for the apartment to put it in
Very few Angolans subsist on that amount. Drew is wrong.
@@JW-uy2on exactly there are sum kinda misleading facts in this video
So much to learn from your channel . Keep going...
Broooo 😆😆😆 that thing at the beggining he was saying 2000, he probably ment 2000 kwanzas which is the national currency, which is about $6 lol.. i was there for 3 years
Herlander Tavares he said 2000 dollars
@@joaopedrofernandes2839 i know, but given that a lot of people struggle to even speak portuguese properly, i doubt he could express himself very well in english.. there is nothing you could find in a local market that would be priced at $2000 , 2000kz sounds more like the usual things you find there.. unless he was trying to scam the guy which happens pretty often there lol
@@herlandertavares7573 6USD por esa mierda, yo no pagaría más de 1000 kwanzas
Lol, who would have an actual $2,000 artifact just sitting at a roadside flea market?
My mum has the same 2nd name as you and used to live in Angola wtf
"Angola has the second largest oil reserve in Africa"
USA: let's Invade it
More like:
USA: I guess Angola needs some freedom
U.S: Is for me?
They tried but its like an unknown vietnam
More like
Usa: people are suffering, let's liberate them with democracy
@@nidhishchauhan2053 Yeah right, good job sending more weapons and doing covert mission to destabilize countries more, people are suffering less indeed
Hey, I'm Angolan and want to clarify something. The mister in 1:01 probabaly misunderstood you because it seems like he doesn't speak english and sculptures like this may cust 2000 or 5000 KWANZAS. In depends on the size or the material from which it was made. Never in a million years it'll cost two thousand dollars.
Are you from anogola or are you lying
@@ICOTW I am from angola and thats about right.
I'm also Angolan and that guy was probably Congolese and trying to hustle him lol
Yeah, so it'd actually cost about 6 USD.
Josie Fortunato aquele pai é mentiroso aquela estátua custa apenas 1.000kzs 😂😂 foi falar 2.000dolar no gringo
This video had me gasping at the prices... thats super cool! Keep up the good work man :)
Thank goodness you have subtitles for yourself too,, nice video!
*DREW: "I'd bet that half of you have never ever heard of this city before"*
*ME: I have*
He didn't say "none of you" so what the fuck you trying to prove?!
Adeel Ashraf dude, its a joke
That right. I know this city from visual politics about the most expensive city.
Lmao you’re so funny I’m dying what a great joke
I had heard... Many times
America: *O I L*
Minecraft players: *D I A M O N D*
y e s
You have the most exciting and educational channel..love it!!!
look that you found your passion again :)
im happy
After the oil boom, the gov should've spend heavily on infrastructure, education and security. Uae and norway did that and now they're not rely so much on oil anymore
Nobody:
America: sounds like they need a freedom
Dude your vids are becoming greater and greater
Yes yes Great great video brother thank you so MUCH amazing information keep them coming!!!
Having to work 6 days for a box of cereal... god.
In the Netherlands that’s pretty normal like literally if we want to buy a Ford Mustang here it costs like 55k in dollars while in the us it’s like 25
Its a 100k in India
That's really interesting man. Loved the video..
Really interesting viddy, Drew. Safe Travels!
2:37 he identify the problem with most African nations. The problem is that not that they can't produce, it is that when one black African tries to produce, the others pull him down. This is a huge problem unlike in western countries where everyone sees that as a development for all and generations to come.
Nah, it’s because African countries are the most corrupt and their leaders take total control over their rich resources and exploit them to the maximum. That’s why African nations can’t produce, it has nothing to do with others pulling them down. If Africa’s natural resources were more privatized like the west it would be in much better shape, as you're most likely to be lied by a politician than a businessmen. That’s economics for ya.
@@fartexpertable well said.
Very well. That's true
That has nothing to do with Angola's history.
@@fartexpertable you knos nothing boy
Im Peruvian 🇵🇪 but I live in Luanda , Angola 🇦🇴
Do you like angola ?
With those prices, I can’t imagine even the tax rate, if there is one. Great job, as usual, on the video. Keep them coming! I can hardly wait until my t-shirts arrive!
Dude. Please make longer video's. Just as I'm getting into it, you end. Rather upload every 2nd or day with more content. Like your videos btw. Keep it up.
[3:20] Here in the Netherlands we also import Tv`s and Mac-books, and is normally priced...419
@MrMyopinionsmatter En dat is ook het juiste antwoord wat je geeft. Import zoals de video aangaf als reden heeft er niks mee te maken. Het zijn de mensen die daar wonen die over de ruggen van bezoekers te veel geld vragen. Lokale mensen betalen namelijk een gewone prijs.
I was looking at the exchange rate after this video was uploaded and in December 2019 it seems that the conversion from Kwanza to United States Dollars it has reduced.
Now the TV doesn't cost 10000$ the equivalent is 6400$.
Still a lot of money.
Bravo 👏 bro ... like all of your videos I just subscribed your channel I’m from Dubai ..
Thanks for the video 💯
2:12 the US Government want's to know your location
Ha 😂😛 ha
2:07
F R E E D O M
Luanda:WE HAVE OIL AND DIAMONDS
USA: DID U SAY OIL?
Thanks for sharing your video. Over the next few weeks, I plan to take another trip, to the city of Sumbe, from Porto Amboim, to Gabela, to the Binga Waterfalls, and continue along the roads to enjoy these unique landscapes and places and produce some more videos of these my trips to Angola so soon, I will have news on my channel about this huge country. We continue with this challenge and sharing, greetings !!!
Hello im from angola Luanda
I like very much your video
Obrigado por mostrar a nossa bela cidade
💖💖💖💖
This is another tragic case of the times in which we live. Greed!
Good for business tho.
I can take like 3 mac with me on a transit stopover sell them for profit and go to my destination
Thank you for coming to my home country!
Ayye finally my parents' country featured in this channel!
Angola has a nice weather, but it's a very expensive place...the price diference is absurd compared to Portugal( were I was born and currently living)
Ur also Angolan…
Drew:I bet not even half of you haven't heard of Luanda
Me:I bet that all of us have heard of Luanda because you just told us now
MrBeast will be a average person there-
If you planning to visit Jeddah, Saudi I will be more than happy to be your host Drew! You are an inspiration for me to travel. I am currently in Bangkok on honeymoon.
I feel sometimes Oil is a curse..In my Town a Big Govt owned Oil company is running for 3 decades.. Initially everything was normal but then came pay revision in 1998. Suddenly some people started earning much more that they have no idea how to spend..many things in our town became costlier than neighbouring towns.. pay revision came for other workers of Central & state departments in 2006.Since then again things are running smoothly.
Ok I’m gonna predict the city before watching. Lumpala, Angola
*EDIT:* Watched the vid and I got it right but I Spelled it wrong, it’s Luanda
Where there is oil, we can expect extremely high prices. Except Dubai, and that's crazy.
dubai is cheap?
@@ishthiaqshaik1083 yes
@@vinayakgupta6105 in what sense??
Everything
I live there and we wonder why everything is so cheap abroad. Even earlier today we were talking about how the price of videogames here is literally 3x the price in the U.S, most people just buy stuff from other countries, computers, game consoles TVs are way too expansive to buy here
Very eye-opening. Did not know it was so expensive.
YT: the most expensive city
producermichael: joins the chat
Taxi ride for 80 $ 🤣 ?!?!
U can get 4 flight tickets for the same price lol
Poke Fan those kind of taxi are way to expensive. the locals use a cheaper one
Drew's Angolan friend's English is really good
And here in pakistan i get a haircut for less then 0.40$
biryani in $2
What 🤯 I pay 50-60$ to get a haircut! Ur pretty lucky
@@amandaskanaal7210 omg where do u live? I pay about 4-5$ for a haircut(Dubai).
@@wildwolfproductions6574 it’s 10-20 euro in the Netherlands. Most of the time 15
I give 2.5 bucks in Pakistan for haircut.
I live here in Angola, In Luanda indeed this city is highly corrupt making the black market rates more common to be used than the official rate. Making a dollar about 400 kz that’s what made the prices high.
So happy you came to the country I am a expad working for a oil company in Angola.
Hi there how is it life for expat there? My husband got a job offer in oil industry there.we are from malaysia
Remember the video where he said I don't complain about the price of anything
The title made me get an ad for a Macbook Pro
I heard about this story from some of my seniors who work there, hella expensive!
Like from me for visiting Luanda.. you went by my neighborhood 👌🏽 impossible to live there if you dont have a decent job.. im out working abroad now but im going bk every now and then
I want to visit so badly, my best friend is going this summer
🇦🇴❤️ May God bless Angola and all the Angolans. May He changes the hearts of the ones in charged
Angola: has a lot of oil
USA: oil? OILLLLLLLLLLLL
Ooooffff, nevermind travelling in this city. I don’t wanna go broke, hahaha.
If i sell the dumb computer at least i can get few hundred bucks?
Luanda: "im the most expensive city"
Oslo: "hold my money"
snusk monster Other way around lol
Luanda is actually way more expensive. It's completely insane.
Luanda (Angola) -> Expensive, developing country
Oslo (Norway)-> Expensive, developed country
As someone who is currently living in Angola the prices have changed a lot it is still expensive but wayyy cheaper than what you’re mentioning on video 1000KZ is about 1€ and Yangos the Ubers here are 1-3€ tops for a 2-3 hour ride me and my family only had to pay 5€ but apartments/houses and good restaurants are sure veryyyy expensive
Good to know, because I want to visit Angola without having rethink my existence.
Yep. They were just coming out of a civil war when he recorded. I live in Luanda now too and prices are pretty reasonable for Africa. Also shopping where the locals shop makes a massive difference to the cost of raw food items, I discovered.
Very interesting
How much is salary?
Drew: Luanda is the most expensive city in the world.
Paris and Zurich: Are we a joke to you
Compare how wealthy japan and France are in comparison.
Yes they are a joke compared to Luanda. Luanda is LITERALLY the most expensive city in the world.
Thanks for informing...buddy
He was lying
Drew you are a legend
I would leave from bankruptcy
Ikr 6 months late btw
when you come to Ghana, man I'm your guy to take you round
Two thousand...twooo thousanddd...two zero zero zero...🤣🤣This cracked me!
That was fascinating and resit crazy! Who knew?
Interesting. I am in fact in Luanda now and this is a bit exaggerated. I took a 30 minute taxi this morning and paid $8 for example..
Are you tourist?
I see a lot of hate for drew binsky why he is a great and generous person he is inspiring he wants to inspire people a lot of people hate on drew binsky and I don't see why
I feel the same why he is an inspiration I see a lot of hate and I don't know why
Lar Kill you dont know the recent drama??
hwa yu kim whats the recent drama?
@@Felix-mn9my I don't know the recent drama
I got an ad for a MacBook before this lol
where are these prices coming from though because i compared the currencies and it wasn't like this. Can someone explain?
Sounds just like New Zealand 🇳🇿 lol.
Oslo: Amateurs
Luanda: What?
Oslo: I said, Amateurs
The kids were doing the sml sign😂😂😂
In pakistan you will get mac book for like 70 lakh but for you everything is free from pakistan because you are our guest and in pakistan people never seen a foreigner because people think that pakistan is a terrorist country but you went there and even meet and greet and nothing happend so it proved that pakistan is not terrorist country thanks drew binsky
2:06 USA WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION
China already got there first. Sorry!
2:07 USA: OIL YOU SAY!!
I think we found Wakanda.
Thanks drew from unearthing it
great video, lived here for 5 years
When will you go to Nigeria
I leave my job in ny, to make uber over there :)
Good luck paying 10k a month in rent lol
@@stuartkane2786 I don't think it's dollars it's probably the currency used in angola
I just checked the price in Rupiah. And, I must agree, the price in Angola is very expensive for me, an Indonesian.
😮
OMAGAAAAAAA!!!
Lol when you come to Kingston in Jamaica your mind will explode about the prices