>I seem to remember that article as well. The thing is I'm in Toronto
>already! What I'm most concerned about right now is cost of living in
>Las Vegas. Basically if someone offered me a job there, how much
>should I ask for in order to maintain my current way of life. I know
>it'll be inexact but I do agree with the idea about rental properties.
>Presumably you have to compare apples to apples though, and I don't
>know enough about Las Vegas to tell where the expensive and cheap
>parts of town are, thus I can' compare pricing just yet.
>
>There's gotta be some economic think tank out there crunching these
>questions...right?

I'm not sure how meaningful such comparison charts are. Like 
estimates of the inflation rate, they assume that you have a certain 
basket of goods. When I used to drive 500 miles a week to/from work, 
gas prices meant a lot to me. Now I drive maybe 15 miles a week, so 
it's meaningless. Gas could triple in price, and I wouldn't care 
(insert hand waving to ignore the effect on the prices of other 
things I buy, I'm just talking about what *I* pay for gas)

I think you'd have to look at actual home/rental prices, for the type 
of living space and location you want. If you're trying to decide 
between 20 different potential cities/regions to live in, comparison 
charts might be handy to narrow things down. But if you're already 
trying to compare just two cities, I think you may be at the point 
where you need to do your own research, based on what you want. 
There's a lot of online real estate listings, for example, you could 
use them to figure out housing prices.

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