OP: $32K/yr (Low Cost of Living)

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I’m in San Antonio and my uncle from Sacramento just purchased a

2500 sq ft home 4 bdrm, 3.5 bath, 2 car garage for $168,000. He

says a home that size in Elk Grove (just outside of Sacramento would

run close to $500,000. Their gas is currently $3.04/gal and we are

$2.82. I work as a medical transcriptionist in pathology to be

exact and my coworker in CA is now making $25/hr and I am making

$18/hr here in Tx. So everything is relative. And it is the same

in San Antonio as Houston, gas on one side of town can literally be

$0.10/gal more than the other side. And you know auto insurance

just like home owners insurance plays a part in the part of town you

live in as well.

Just to put this out there….We are renting a 1700 sq/ft 5 yr/old

home, 4 bdrm, 1.5 car garage, 2.5 bath corner lot for $950.

Catherine

— In Budget101_@yahoogroups.com, “armstrca” wrote:

>

> I haven’t seen much said about Texas… the cost of living is

lower here

> (I am in a suburb of Houston) and the houses are cheaper, too (much

> cheaper then Calif or the east coast (ny, nj… etc..)). but, it

all

> depends on what neighborhood you are in, just like anywhere

else. some

> are more expensive, some less, some houses bigger, some smaller.

>

>

> from: Budget101_@yahoogroups.com

[mailto:Budget101_@yahoogroups.com] On

> Behalf Of Herlean

> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 7:26 PM

> To: Budget101_@yahoogroups.com

> Subject: Re: Budget101.com : OP: $32K/yr (Low Cost of Living)

> There is a calculator at http://www.money.com that lets you put in where

you

> currently live vs. where you would like to move to, enter in your

income

> and it will tell you how much more or less money it will take to

live in

> another area of the country.

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