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Cost of Living Calculator | City and Salary Comparison Tool

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The expenses that factor into cost of living can include housing affordability, transportation expenses, food prices and entertainment costs. Transportation: Unless you’re lucky enough to work from home, you will need to factor in transportation costs when deciding where to live. What is the breakdown of the cost of living?

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Why We Seek Happiness

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Our evolutionary biology insures that everything necessary for our survival makes us feel good. Studies by Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, James Fowler, and Bruno Frey have shown that there is an inheritable gene linked to happiness (with the catchy name of 5HTT, a gene with a more efficient serotonin transporter).

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Rent vs Buy Calculator: Should I Rent or Buy?

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We included ongoing payments for rent and renter’s insurance and a one-time security deposit. In high-priced real estate markets like San Francisco, renting could be the only affordable option. You’ll keep paying mortgage insurance (for a period of time, anyway), property taxes, homeowners insurance and HOA dues (if they apply).

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