Cost of Living in Minneapolis

[Ben Around]

Originally Posted by knke0204

1 BR 1 BA 3 Blocks from Pacific Ocean in San Diego= $1400/mo

1 BR 1 BA 3 Blocks from nowhere in MPLS < $1400/mo.

You get what you pay for. MPLS is a tad bit more expensive than your run of the mill midwest town, but more affordable than most major cities across the USA.

1BR 1BA 3 blocks from Lake Erie in Buffalo <$700/mo. It's all relative.

[Ben Around]

Originally Posted by Bignellyxx

I have only lived in Minneapolis for about 2 years now....have come to idea that the little extra I pay in property taxes and slightly larger property tax is just an extra fee for being closer to things and able to enjoy more free activities…(i.e. the lakes)

Bet you make more money here than you would if you were still living where you came from doing the same job here, too.

[knke0204]

Originally Posted by Ben Around

Bet you make more money here than you would if you were still living where you came from doing the same job here, too.

Good point, and your're right...with C.O.L it's pretty much all realitive...My same job position in Southern Cal pays almost $3 more an hour. That increase in pay hardly offsets the increase in living expenses.

[west336]

^But, but, but......what about the ocean??? JK (obviously), this is what I don't understand about coastal cost of living -- why people on the coast pay a 50%-100% premium just to be near the ocean, which many people never even see twice a year. I'm sure that's an overgeneralization but I still don't get it.

[gearedtowardssalad]

I think it's more the climate than the ocean, at least with the west coast.

[krypton727]

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Got to love the tax man in MSP.