Cost of living comparison between the EU and US?

Been thinking about moving to the EU from the US for a few years. Does
anyone know of a web site with cost-of-living comparisons between the
US and various European countries? (Germany, UK, and France in
particular.) For a person who makes his living in US dollars, I'm
getting the impression that the EU is very expensive these days.
Thanks for any info.

Check out http://www.finfacts.com/costofliving.htm

"Viking" wrote in message
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Been thinking about moving to the EU from the US for a few years. Does
anyone know of a web site with cost-of-living comparisons between the
US and various European countries? (Germany, UK, and France in
particular.) For a person who makes his living in US dollars, I'm
getting the impression that the EU is very expensive these days.
Thanks for any info.

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(Viking) wrote:

*From:* Viking
*Date:* Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:34:42 -0400

Been thinking about moving to the EU from the US for a few years. Does
anyone know of a web site with cost-of-living comparisons between the
US and various European countries? (Germany, UK, and France in
particular.) For a person who makes his living in US dollars, I'm
getting the impression that the EU is very expensive these days.
Thanks for any info.

This has very specific info, though I don't know how reliable it is
(sorry about the long URL):

http://www.homefair.com/homefair/ser...00&homefair&to
=ActionServlet%3Fpid%3D244%26cid%3Dhomefair&pagena me=199&internal=T


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(Viking) wrote:

*From:* Viking
*Date:* Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:34:42 -0400

Been thinking about moving to the EU from the US for a few years. Does
anyone know of a web site with cost-of-living comparisons between the
US and various European countries? (Germany, UK, and France in
particular.)


Are prices in the US the same in all the States?


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(Viking) wrote:

*From:* Viking
*Date:* Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:34:42 -0400

Been thinking about moving to the EU from the US for a few years. Does
anyone know of a web site with cost-of-living comparisons between the
US and various European countries? (Germany, UK, and France in
particular.)


Are prices in the US the same in all the States?

Not at all. CThe same web site given by the previous poster allows you
to compare cost of living in different U.S. cities and states. For
example, in my city a three-bedroom detached house in a nice
neighborhood costs about $170,000. A similar house would cost $450,000
to $500,000 in parts of California.

[1] For a non-wrapping URL go to
http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html

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(Charles Hawtrey) wrote:

*From:* Charles Hawtrey
*Date:* Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:45:34 GMT


[1] For a non-wrapping URL go to
http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html

Thanks for that, Charles - I was in a great hurry and didn't have time to
TinyURL it or find another way through, as you did!


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Thanks, looks very helpful.

Does anyone know of a web site with cost-of-living comparisons
between the US and various European countries? (Germany, UK,
and France in particular.)

Are prices in the US the same in all the States?

Good point. No, absolutely not. New York and San Francisco
are many times more expensive than the middle of the USA.

Casey

Excellent tool, but like you, I wonder how reliable it is too. Thanks.

Not terribly reliable, at least when I plug in my current area and a
few other areas with which I am familiar. Moving from Philadelphia,
Pa., to Delaware (state) should result in a decreased cost of living
(based on friends who live there), but the calculator shows it as an
increased cost of living. I tried this with several different areas and
it came out wrong in each instance.