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That's cheapest compared to median income, which is a valid thing to measure but probably not what GP meant. And also it's only comparing very large cities in
by waqf 7y ago
That's cheapest compared to median income, which is a valid thing to measure but probably not what GP meant.
And also it's only comparing very large cities in ~8 selected countries (no Paris or Rhine–Ruhr, for example).
(Source of your data, 2019 edition since I couldn't find 2017: http://www.demographia.com/dhi.pdf http://www.demographia.com/dhi.pdf)
- rayiner 7y agoHow else do you define “high cost of living” except relative to median incomes?
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- bryanrasmussen 7y agoI guess you could compare it between cities but as Mark Twain demonstrated in A Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court that would be extremely silly.