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Old 06-01-2010, 01:44 PM
 
Location: Mesa, AZ
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Originally Posted by HeyHolliday! View Post
Cheaper U.S. cities:
-Portland
-Los Angeles
-San Diego
-Denver
-All Southern cities
-Chicago
-Salt Lake City
-Minneapolis
-Kansas City
I think you're a little misinformed. No way all of these cities are cheaper than the stats the OP provided for Montreal... In cities like SD and LA, you'd be extremely lucky to find a 1 bedroom in the worst neighborhoods for $600 a month.
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Old 06-02-2010, 01:58 AM
 
Location: 30-40°N 90-100°W
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According to Kiplinger the following cities having below average cost of living and are listed by City-Data as having over a million people in the city-proper.

Houston, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Dallas, Texas

I would assume things like gas or gas/petroleum related are cheaper in Texas than in Montreal.

Other major metros they list as having low costs of living include

Memphis, Tennessee
St. Louis, Missouri
Indianapolis, Indiana
Nashville, Tennessee


Best Cities 2010: How Does Your City Stack Up? Sortable Data, U.S. Metropolitan Areas, Population, Cost of Living Index, Creative Class, Median Household Income, Income Growth - Kiplinger

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Old 06-02-2010, 08:15 AM
 
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Originally Posted by HeyHolliday! View Post
Cheaper U.S. cities:
-Portland
-Los Angeles
-San Diego
-Denver
-All Southern cities
-Chicago
-Salt Lake City
-Minneapolis
-Kansas City
I question Chicago, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Portland on this list... the others I can believe....

I have friends in LA who have a small 1 bedroom apt, and they pay 1300/month for it. San Diego likewise is not very cheap according to my relatives there....
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Old 06-02-2010, 08:22 AM
 
Location: Houston
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Abilene, TX. I rented a 5 bedroom 2 1/2 bathroom house in Abilene with some friends for about $800 a month plus utilities.
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Old 06-02-2010, 09:02 AM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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I question Chicago, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Portland on this list... the others I can believe....

I have friends in LA who have a small 1 bedroom apt, and they pay 1300/month for it. San Diego likewise is not very cheap according to my relatives there....
Yeah the West Coast and Pacific NW is not cheap. But Chicago is. It's higher than Houston or Dallas. But it's closer to those cities than it is to the coasts.
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