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Danielle9608
06-25-2009, 08:26 AM
I thought this was really neat. LOL Also makes me HATE living in MA I could live on half my salary in most other places :irked:

http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/costofliving/costofliving.html
WebLady
06-25-2009, 09:37 AM
Interesting; though Florida (only other state I have ever thought of living) seems to have a higher cost of living than Georgia.
ChristineLS
06-25-2009, 09:53 AM
This is really cool!

I compared my salary in Buffalo to what it would be in Manhattan... and I'd have to earn twice as much to make it. Actually, that's pretty much the result in most places, I haven't found a place yet that has a lower cost of living save Syracuse in the North.... Lousiana apparently is pretty cheap!
Danielle9608
06-25-2009, 09:56 AM
This is really cool!

I compared my salary in Buffalo to what it would be in Manhattan... and I'd have to earn twice as much to make it. Actually, that's pretty much the result in most places, I haven't found a place yet that has a lower cost of living save Syracuse in the North.... Lousiana apparently is pretty cheap!

Wow yea, Syracuse has a 49% less cost of housing then Boston, MA!!
ChristineLS
06-25-2009, 10:33 AM
Wow yea, Syracuse has a 49% less cost of housing then Boston, MA!!

Too bad Boston is my dream city! I love it love it love it there.
savepaws
06-25-2009, 10:51 AM
Haha, I compared mine with NYC (Manhattan) and it says housing would cost 505% more...which would be about 3 months income for me! Guess there are some perks to living in the middle of cornfields.
gwenshack
06-25-2009, 11:12 AM
Haha, I compared mine with NYC (Manhattan) and it says housing would cost 505% more...which would be about 3 months income for me! Guess there are some perks to living in the middle of cornfields.

That's hilarious. 505%! Not surprising that it's expensive, but 505%!?!? :winktongue:

I compared LA and Vegas. It confirmed what I already knew. Just depressing how much it costs to live here.
NOTKT
06-25-2009, 08:02 PM
Dang! Where I want to live groceries and health care would be 14% more but I would only make $1000 more a year! Ouch!
brendalin
06-26-2009, 07:23 AM
This is pretty neat.... I am happy where we are at, but it was neat to see what the cost of living is everywhere else.
FFC
06-29-2009, 04:40 PM
Pretty cool!


... And depressing LOL! EVERYTHING is cheaper than California :irked:
Heywie
06-30-2009, 03:26 PM
Thanks for posting this Danielle! This was fun!
lilmsjess
07-09-2009, 02:11 AM
we're not moving lol


salaries were at most 4k below, up to 20k MORE lol.....heck even utah and ohio were out of our ranges ;)

thank god we live in h'town! :rofl:
WBandMe
07-09-2009, 02:08 PM
This was cool! tfs