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Old 11-17-2013, 12:21 AM
 
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I would say COL in NYC is more than 1.5X Boulder, try about 2X if not 2.5X-3X. COL much higher in Boston and SF for example too, probably at least 2X Boulder for both. So it's all relative.
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Old 11-18-2013, 11:26 PM
 
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My house in Boulder County: taxes = 2k
My house in Upstate NY (same purchase price): taxes = 13k

When we moved here from Boston in '04, rent seemed dirt cheap to us. We moved from a $1350 1-br to a $850 2-br, blocks from Pearl... and with a pool. Score.

That was TEN YEARS ago.

Boulder COL has increased at a much higher rate than inflation since then, especially housing.
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Old 11-19-2013, 07:44 PM
 
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Mmm, hmmm. It is still much cheaper to rent here.
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Old 11-19-2013, 09:09 PM
 
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Mmm, hmmm. It is still much cheaper to rent here.

And salaries are half or even less when compared to NYC/Boston, etc.
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Old 11-20-2013, 01:12 PM
 
Location: North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
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But isn't that the idea...move somewhere that is unique? Gosh it isn't like Denver is three days away by stagecoach? I, myself, loved living in Boulder....wish I never left...and hope to come back someday...right now not possible....but moving west in the spring....the right direction anyway! Seriously, people left because Boulder doesn't have an IKEA?
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Old 12-05-2013, 05:38 PM
 
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If you think the cost of living is high then you have never lived in New York, New Jersey or Connecticut.
Really anywhere in the northeast. I came from Maine where we had oil heat (5x the price of NG here per unit energy) and the winters are brutal.

Everything else isn't too bad, except there's not really any decent work in Maine and the taxes are pretty aggressive.
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