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Old 09-10-2010, 08:52 PM
 
Location: Floyd County, IN
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City-data lists the cost of living in my city as 78, with the US average being 100. The place I moved from had a cost of living of 129.
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Old 09-10-2010, 08:53 PM
 
Location: The City
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City-data lists the cost of living in my city as 78 with the US average being 100. The place I moved from had a cost of living of 129.

being lazy, can you provide the link, yes i know somewhere on cd
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Old 09-10-2010, 09:00 PM
 
Location: Floyd County, IN
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Go to the home page and then click on any city/town in the US state you reside. The COL info is about 1/5 of the way down the page.
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Old 09-10-2010, 09:08 PM
 
Location: The City
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Go to the home page and then click on any city/town in the US state you reside. The COL info is about 1/5 of the way down the page.

Thanks found it, for my zip 121.5

But also interesting is 53% people in my zip 19102 walk to work and only 22% used a car - 78% use a means other than a car, I am surprised



[LEFT]Means of transportation to work[/LEFT]
  • Drove a car alone: 490 (22%)
  • Carpooled: 8 (0%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 117 (5%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 21 (1%)
  • Subway or elevated: 137 (6%)
  • Railroad: 84 (4%)
  • Taxi: 22 (1%)
  • Bicycle: 26 (1%)
  • Walked: 1,182 (53%)
  • Other means: 21 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 120 (5%)
Read more: //www.city-data.com/zips/19102.html#ixzz0zBPAGTTn

Also some of the residential grids on the map were at 60K ppsm


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Old 09-10-2010, 10:15 PM
 
Location: US Empire, Pac NW
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Seattle is listed as 126.5. WHere I grew up (Chicago) is 114, and where I went to college is probably ridiculously low.
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Old 09-10-2010, 10:28 PM
 
Location: Northridge, Los Angeles, CA
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North Hollywood, CA: 154.5
Phoenix, AZ: 97.0
Staten Island, NY: 160.0
Berkeley, CA: 281.0 (WOW! Well, it IS a college town in the Bay Area)
Northridge, CA: 150.5 (its not really that far from North Hollywood)

All of these are based on the zip codes I lived in.
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Old 09-10-2010, 10:32 PM
 
Location: St Paul, MN - NJ's Gold Coast
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139.5
Newark NJ
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Old 09-10-2010, 10:34 PM
 
Location: Southern Minnesota
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Mankato, MN: 82.8
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Old 09-10-2010, 10:36 PM
 
Location: Atlanta
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My zip is rated at 102.9 vs the national average.

It's pretty affordable here.....
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Old 09-10-2010, 10:41 PM
 
Location: Somewhere below Mason/Dixon
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77.6 here in my central Michgian farm town. Low cost of living is a blessing here in the midwest.
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