- to share a bedroom

and an apartment with five people.

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- Today we'll be playing true or false about the

cost of living around the world.

- Do you know anything about it?

- I mean, I've lived in

Asia for a bit, - Okay.

but I'm not really sure.

- Yeah, I have no idea.

- Instead of like, going to summer camp growing up,

we traveled.

- I've spent like, a month in Costa Rica,

six weeks living in Peru

and then like traveled around Europe.

- [Reena] True or false?

The United States is the 10th most populated

country in the world.

- What are the other nine?

I thought it was like 7th.

- I think we're like four or five?

- You seem confident.

(laughing)

- I feel like there's like maybe six.

- [Man] That one is false.

We are the 3rd most populated after China and India.

- Wow.

- [Jona] True or false?

In Nigeria, a one bedroom apartment in a city center costs

upwards of $2,000 per month.

- I'm gonna say true, I feel like

this one's trying to trick me.

- Okay, yeah, I'm going to go with that.

- That seems like pretty crazy.

That's like L.A. price.

Maybe it's true, I mean?

- I think it's false.

- [Man] That one is false.

Approximately $591.25 per month.

- I'm doing really badly.

- I'm just like nervous.

- [Alan] In the state of California, United States,

one can expect to pay, on average, $1,410 for a

1,020 square foot apartment.

- I think it's too low.

- You think it's too low?

I feel like that's not a big...

- Is that like a one bedroom?

- I don't think it's big.

Does this come with utilities?

- I'm gonna say false.

- What are we talking about here?

- True, I think.

- I don't know how big

square foot is. - Yeah, me neither.

- I'm gonna say false.

- [Man] That one's true.

- [Jona] True or false,

the most populated country in the world is China.

- True.

- True.

Wait. (laughing)

- I'm pretty sure that's true.

- I'm pretty sure that's true.

- Yeah.

- [Man] That one is true.

- Okay. - Cool.

- I was worried.

- [Alan] In Nigeria, the average salary is the equivalent

of $1,287.87 U.S. dollars per month.

- That's too high.

- Yeah.

- Some places in Asia are like that.

- I'm not sure, but I'm gonna say false.

- [Man] That one's true. - Oh well.

- Maybe Nigeria is the place to beat.

- [Guilia] True or false?

In Russia, the average salary as of 2019 is typically higher

than $3,000 USD per month.

- I have no idea. (laughing)

- False, I don't know.

- I will say true again.

- I'm gonna go on a limb and say true. I don't know why.

- [Man] That one is false.

- Okay.

- [Man] The average salary is around 43,030 rubles,

or $698.81 in U.S. Dollars per month.

- It's much less.

- [Alan] In Brazil, rent for a 900 square foot apartment

varies anywhere from $528 to $852 U.S. dollars per month.

- I feel like it varies more than that.

Because Brazil is a huge country, so like...

- Oh yeah, it's pretty big. - Yeah.

- Ahhhhhh. - True.

- Really?

- I don't think that's that much for 900 square feet.

- [Man] That one's true.

- Aw. - Really.

- (laughing) I'm getting everything wrong.

- [Guilia] In Indonesia, a one bedroom apartment in the

city center would cost upwards of $900 a month USD.

- True.

- I think this is true.

I took a class where we talked about the

capital of Indonesia.

I'm forgetting it now.

- Yes, Jakarta, thank you.

- [Man] That one is false.

- So it's a lot cheaper, wait, yeah.

Okay, wow.

- [Alan] In Bangladesh, a one bedroom apartment in a

city center is about $131.17 U.S. dollars per month.

- I think it's less than that.

- I think it's true.

It's a very exact number, so...

- False.

- True, because that would be similar to Indonesia, maybe.

- [Man] That one is true.

- Oh.

- Yes. - Will do.

- [Jona] True or false?

In Mexico, a simple, decent meal at a busy neighborhood

restaurant or foodcourt costs about $5.

- True.

- Yeah, I think that sounds about right.

- I think it's lower. - Yeah, I agree.

- If it's like street food-esque,

that's always cheap, no matter where you go.

- [Man] That one's true.

- Okay, never mind.

(laughing)

- [Alan] A one bedroom apartment in a city center in

Pakistan is the equivalent of $97.77

U.S. dollars per month.

- I think that that's true because it's a specific number.

- Yeah. (laughing) - Like what you were saying.

- I think, yeah.

- 97 point 77 U.S. dollars is like a good deal.

- Yeah.

- So I would hope it's true. - It's true.

- [Man] That one is true.

- Cool.

- Nice.

- [Jona] True or false?

In Mexico, one could expect to pay around $1,200

U.S. dollars for a furnished, two bedroom home per month.

- I'm gonna go with true.

- False, 'cause that's like year, ish.

- I think it might be less than that.

- Yeah, I think it would be less except that it's

furnished, so maybe that seems about right.

- [Man] That one is false.

It's $750 U.S. dollars.

- Okay. - Close.

- That's how much I pay to share a bedroom

in an apartment with five people.

- Yeah, there's eight people living in my house,

and that's my individual rent. - Wow.

- [Alan] True or false?

A two bed, one bath apartment in China would typically cost

around 4,500 RMB a month, which is about $587.50

U.S. dollars, plus another 300 RMB for utilities.

- False. - Oh.

Well, one of us is right.

- I know in China, like the rent would be pretty different,

depending on whether you're in a city or not.

I think that's reasonable, ish.

- I'm just gonna say true, too.

- [Man] That one's true.

- Oh, wow. - I think I only got

like one right.

- Honestly, same.

- Okay, cool. - Yes.

- That was really hard.

- I just think, here is pretty expensive.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

- And I realized I do not know that much

about living expenses.

- Same.

And square feet.

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