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Cars are optional and aren't even the fastest way to get around (public transport + taxicabs + bicycle/e-bicycle is fastest). Rent can be low as well, depending on where and how big.

Low crime stable environment with strong regulations for food, water, housing, industrial safety, etc, means that necessities tend to be cheap and accessible even to the poorer part of society.

Status goods like cars, luxury cars, fine dining, strata housing, are as expensive as you want it to be. If your status referent group is based on the people around you, it will be as expensive as their income, and many Singaporeans have a lot of income.