Yes , there are several magazines , throughout the United States , that does compair and rate , areas on such issues such as , Health climates, cost of homes , recreation, medical facalities, and etc. Go to your local newspaper stand or magazine outlet and you will find ,much information.
You can find cost of living charts on many real estate sites. You can also go to money.cnn.com and use their cost of living calculator.
The answer depends on what (or when) the comparison is with.
The following websites are available that show a cost of living comparison between Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, BC: http://www.expatforum.com/articles/cost-of-living/cost-of-living-in-canada.html http://www.canadaimmigrants.com/costofliving.asp
The cost of living is almost the same. They are like twin cities, around 15 miles apart.
The relocation calculator is used for to compare the cost of living between two cities. The cost of living varies depending upon the city and state you are living in.
The best site to compare the cost of where to live is www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/comparison.jsp. It enables you to compare lots of different aspects including rent, transport and shopping.
The cost of living is much higher than other countries. Generally, in the United States the average person makes at least 30,000 dollars a year just to get by.
A cost of living calculator compares the living costs in two different cities by using your present salary and location to show the difference in the cost of living in the city you are thinking of moving to and how much you need to earn to maintain your standard of living in your present city.
Living in New York would cost about $12 an hour, and is one of the most expensive cities to live in in the world.
There are many of them out there. I would start by contacting all major providers and put together a comparison chart. This will be the best way for you to see the cost/benefit of each provider.
Living conditions became worse for many people. The cost of living went down slightly. Per capita income increased. More people began living in cities. Productivity increased.
You can find a chart on the cost of living by state at: http://ded.mo.gov/researchandplanning/indicators/cost_of_living/index.stm Look at the last chart at the bottom of the page. It can be copied into an excel spreadsheet if you wanted to manipulate the data. Alternatively you can go to many of the job boards or relocation sites and they will have a calculator to compare one city directly with another.