The exceptions are some absolutely cheap locales such as Ecuador, India, Thailand (outside Bangkok), and the Philippines (outside Manila). In these places, your cost of living is artificially low because, frankly, there isn't much for you to spend your money on.
-----pressure is caused by water inside a plant cell pushing against the cell wall Osmotic Shrinking of a plant cell membrane away from The cell wall when placed in a hypertonic solution is called----
osmotic pressure - pressure applied to concentrated side of semipermeable membrane to stop osmosis. consider. osmosis gets water to top of redwood tree. place a cell in pure water, enough water goes into the cell to burst the cell. place a cell (bacterium) in salt, water comes out of cell and it shrivels up (and can't reproduce). (salt pork, etc.)