Comments on: Online Cost-of-Living Calculators

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:27:21 +0000

>They assume that you live the exact same way in one city vs. another.

That’s the entire point, genius.

By: Meaghan

Meaghan — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:22:20 +0000

Living in New York City, I have to disagree with those cost of living calculators. They assume that you live the exact same way in one city vs. another. According to those calculators, I should be barely getting by on a salary that allows me to save a lot!

Yeah, I pay a little more in rent than I might if I was living in a city with a lower ‘cost of living’- But how much money do I save not needing to own a car? Car payment (though not if you pay with cash), insurance, repairs, gas- especially lately!

I admit that NYC can get expensive if you have a family, and that 2- and 3- bedrooms that are affordable are hard to find. But for a single person? My monthly expenses are probably less than most.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:01:33 +0000

Nice Article

By: nickel

nickel — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:04:06 +0000

I think we probably used to get even more done because we didn’t waste our time with things like online cost-of-living calculators…

By: mbhunter

mbhunter — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 17:32:53 +0000

Man, there’s so much information available for free on the Internet. How did we get anything done twenty or even ten years ago?

Your point about checking other sites is a good one — not all Internet sites are created equal.