Why do some of the cheapest cities cost the most to live in?

Al Jazeera Labs compared purchasing power across cities in an unusual way: by calculating how many hamburgers a typical worker's monthly salary can buy. In Cairo, that number comes to roughly twenty-two. In Tel Aviv, it's more than two hundred. The disparity illustrates how living costs vary dramatically around the world.

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