Housing
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What rent and everyday life really cost — and why the same salary feels completely different city to city.
Average rents across US citiesRent is the biggest line in almost every US budget, and the spread is enormous — a one-bedroom in San Francisco or New York can cost three times the same flat in the Midwest or the South.
What a month in the US actually costsBeyond rent: health insurance, a car, utilities and phone add up fast — and several of them are costs newcomers simply don't have back home.
Choosing a city and a neighbourhoodWhere you land shapes everything: your rent, your commute, your state income tax bill, and — if you have kids — which public school they attend, because that's decided by your address.