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The car makes an enormous difference, but the cost of living in New York is not limited only to rent. Even basic food items, toiletries, and other household it
by irishloop 15y ago
The car makes an enormous difference, but the cost of living in New York is not limited only to rent. Even basic food items, toiletries, and other household items all cost a significant markup from median cost of living.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoNot significantly so. Our grocery bill didn't go up very much - although I've noticed that fruit and vegetables tend to spoil much faster here.
- rdouble 15y agoI didn't find that was true at all. Toothpaste, toilet paper, mattresses, TV sets, etc have standardized pricing across the country. If anything, the more remote you go, the more stuff costs. Except in South Dakota. For some reason everything is really cheap in South Dakota.
- natesm 15y agoExcept for food, couldn't you get most of the other things via Amazon?
- martingordon 15y agoYou might be able to, but you'll pay 10% more in NY over many other places (but not Seattle) due to Amazon being forced to charge sales tax in KS, KY, NY, ND and WA.