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Dawn of Pakistan reports that Karachi is now the world's 4th cheapest city for expatriate living. How could I miss this opportunity...

Kind of reminds me of the old joke about second prize being two weeks in Philadelphia.

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BILL KELLER

1:41 AM ET

July 17, 2009

Philly.....

it is the best damn provincial capital in the United States. Two weeks can be a very long time.

 

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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