Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cost of Living Index: 87.5
City Population: 229,617
Median Household Income: $41,483 (U.S. median: $51,914)
Average Home Price: $199,118 (U.S. average: $283,529)
Winston-Salem is far and away the most budget-friendly big city in the Tar Heel State, with Raleigh a distant second. The average home sells for under $200,000, and a typical apartment rents for just $590 a month. Cheap housing is offset somewhat by the highest grocery and health-care expenses of our cheapest 10 cities. Wake Forest University and cigarette maker Reynolds American are among the area's biggest employers.
I would agree it is cheap to live in but the cost of living is very different from what I make in MA. People don't always realize this when they move across the country. I lived for years in GA and SC.
So this is the highest of the cheap cities? Because you can get a house (3-4 bedroom, 2 bath, BIG yards) here for $125,000 here.
Plus NC has some goofy ass laws that just...no.
Full article here, the people that made this are high, there are WAYYYYYY cheaper places to live.
Quoting mom2jessnky:Full article here, the people that made this are high, there are WAYYYYYY cheaper places to live.
Am I going a little crazy??
- MamaMandee
on Feb. 28, 2013 at 10:58 AM