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How does your city compare?

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http://www.bestplaces.net/COL/
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The overall COL living index for my city is 84.

The breakdowns are:

Food 87
Housing 64
Utilities 96
Transportation 94
Health 107
Mics 98
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The overall COL index for my town is 146. For housing alone, it's 205.

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In a worldwide survey of 2009 that uses New York City as 100, Athens ranks at 85 and Copenhagen at 105. Other US cities on the list are: LA (87.6), White Plains (84.7), SF (82.5), Miami (81.4), Chicago (80.7).
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  Nov-1 11:46 am

Here's mine....I compared it to Houston, Texas. 

Overall 146 86
Food 110 94
Housing 224 65
Utilities 73 95
Transportation 110 104
Health 126 105
Miscellaneous 99 96
100=national average

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