Sunday, December 12, 2004

Cost of Living A dollar here and two dollars there [posted by Troy] My parents visited yesterday (yes, it's been a busy weekend), and we did some shopping. A discussion we had with my father got me thinking about the differences between living in the rural lands and the urban lands. This brought me to this page from the Univeristy of Michigan, which took to this page from Yahoo! that calculates the cost of living between areas. Check this out. The national cost of living index number is 102 (don't ask me what this index represents). Here are the relative index numbers for various places: USA = 102 Rockford, OH = 88 Chicago = 127 Los Angeles = 123 Davenport, IA = 90 New York = 203 San Francisco = 152 Kewanee, IL = 84 11:52:21 PM  permanent link  Reader Comments []  Google It! Going to Alaska? Don't miss the light show [posted by Troy] We have a friend who will be spending the next semester in Alaska. He claims that this is for research, but I think it is because he is a nutball. Anyway, if I was going to Alaska, I'd be particularly interested in viewing the Northern Lights. 11:19:25 PM  permanent link  Reader Comments []  Google It! XBox vs. PS2 Star Wars Battlefronts [posted by Troy] Well, Jordan let us borrow his XBox with Star Wars Battlefronts, and basically, Kim & I have been playing video games for most of today. We are still trying to figure out if we'd rather have the PS2 or XBox. Josh and Beth stopped over tonight, and Josh demonstrated that he spends way too much time playing video games by kicking the hell out of us. 11:15:51 PM  permanent link  Reader Comments []  Google It!

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