The Best and Most Affordable Places to Live in the US
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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — If you can’t afford to live in your current town or city, you can always do some investigating to find a more affordable place to live.
Liveability.com has already done the leg work for you by listing the best affordable places in the U.S. based on various metrics, including health care, food, housing, and transportation, and combining them with the website’s own criteria of what makes a city desirable.
Granted, there are cities that are cheaper, according to Liveability.com, but you may not want to live there.
As for where you might want to wind up, number one is Round Rock, Texas, a suburb of Austin, with living costs seven percent below the national average.
Here are the top 10 best affordable places to live with some other pertinent information tossed in:
1. Round Rock, TX
Sales tax rate: 8.25%
Cost of a T-bone steak: $10.04
Cost of a dozen eggs: $1.78
Cost of a pizza: $10.00
Cost of a haircut: $18.50
2. Dayton, OH
Sales tax rate: 7.25%
Cost of a T-bone steak: $10.95
Cost of a dozen eggs: $1.99
Cost of a pizza: $8.66
Cost of a haircut: $13.00
3. Lawton, OK
Sales tax rate: 9%
Cost of a T-bone steak: $10.59
Cost of a dozen eggs: $2.07
Cost of a pizza: $8.00
Cost of a haircut: $10.57
4. Lansing, MI
Sales tax rate: 6%
Cost of a T-bone steak: $11.99
Cost of a dozen eggs: $2.00
Cost of a pizza: $10.00
Cost of a haircut: $15.00
5. Appleton, WI
Sales tax rate: 5%
Cost of a T-bone steak: $9.73
Cost of a dozen eggs: $1.99
Cost of a pizza: $9.00
Cost of a haircut: $14.60
6. Fort Wayne, IN
Sales tax rate: 7%
Cost of a T-bone steak: $9.72
Cost of a dozen eggs: $1.57
Cost of a pizza: $8.00
Cost of a haircut: $21.60
7. Rochester, MN
Sales tax rate: $7.625%
Cost of a T-bone steak: $13.88
Cost of a dozen eggs: $1.88
Cost of a pizza: $10.64
Cost of a haircut: $23.77
8. Nampa, ID
Sales tax rate: 6%
Cost of a T-bone steak: $8.50
Cost of a dozen eggs: $1.45
Cost of a pizza: $8.00
Cost of a haircut: $14.00
9. Topeka, KS
Sales tax rate: 8%
Cost of a T-bone steak: $10.12
Cost of a dozen eggs: $2.11
Cost of a pizza: $10.00
Cost of a haircut: $14.20
10. Cedar Rapids, IA
Sales tax rate: 7%
Cost of a T-bone steak: $10.32
Cost of a dozen eggs: $2.02
Cost of a pizza: $8.00
Cost of a haircut: $11.33
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