I have a friend who lived there for 5 years. His description was that of a strictly run hustling place. No tolerance for miscreants and lots of lauding for business people. I don't know what you do, and he wasn't more specific and only spoke of it in passing. I hope it helps a bit.

Yes. It is a big city, like Seattle maybe but to me more like Sydney. If you are not a big city guy check out carefully.
Clean, orderly- clean water, reliable power, public transport is clean cheap reliable and busy, there is a big fee to own a private motor vehicle (about $40,000?). Alcohol is pricey after high taxes. Economic freedom is high, remarkably low tax rates, but watch out for restrictions on what can be said in particular about the government and its members. Not as staid as it was a generation ago, nearby Kuala Lumpur in Muslim Malaysia is more laid back. Health care is good and not expensive (by US standards), school standards range from ok to very good. Social welfare for citizens is basic, for a non-citizen, if you lose your job and become destitute expect to be quickly escorted onto a departing flight.

Spent time as a business visitor between 1976 and 1983. Wonderful food in various locales including chili crabs at fisherman's wharf. That was quite some time ago so all might be changed now.

S'pore has some great advantages, many of which have already been listed, and I would endorse some of the restrictions as well. Have you thought of banking difficulties? If you need a local S'pore account to do business [deposit from an employer, pay vendors] you may have difficulties. There are a few banks there that will work with US citizens/residents, but it's pretty limited. Also, make sure you get your money out before you leave the earthly plane -- their probate system is slow and even banks that will deal with Americans will not do anything without orders from the S'pore probate court, which can take a LOOONG time to get.

As far as I know, its a muslim dominated culture. Assuming thats so, it sucks.

"It's warm, humid, and crowded. The government is the opposite of libertarian. It's worse than Germany in terms of telling you what you can do with your day to day life." There is also some separation between the whites, Chinese, and Malay.

According to the person with whom I share a house, who has been there.

I have in-laws who lived there for six years. Does that count?

BTW, author and investor Jim Rogers relocated there some years ago, saying he thought that it was the best place to be as an investor to raise his family.
http://www.amazon.com/Investment-Bike...

Passed through Singapore in February of 1968. Recovering from malaria that I got in Indonesia, my only concern was trying to find good food (other than rice and dog meat) to eat. Vibrant, busy, happy and friendly was the mood I experienced.

I spent my career in shipping and port services. There are a lot of people who missread stats out of Singapore. On paper they look like a major exporter until you dig deeper and see that they are just a transload port.

It was nice when I was there, but it's been 30 years.

Haven't been. Sorry. I did just Google their population though (since multiple people mentioned the big city feel) and it looks like their at 5.399 million with a steady increase over the last decade. I wouldn't mind visiting but I'm definitely not up for living in a high density place.

I really enjoyed a few days, there is a very good diversity of people getting along, I frequently call Honolulu, little Singapore. It's a very clean, and orderly society, but can loosen up and have some fun. Some excellent food, and it has a huge harbor. Have they celebrated their 50 year of independence? Have fun.

Only for a couple of days, Abaco. Not long enough to get a good idea, but it is very high density. Good mass transit. Good restaurants, some with reasonable prices.
I would go back for a longer stay if it is convenient. I don't think it would be ideal for me, but I'd take it over NY, DC, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, LA, SF, Denver.