Knowing the cost of living data for places around the world can be helpful. This is an interesting resource. Are you considering a change of address, to another city or country? Would you like to know how much the basics are going to cost before you make this major decision? I have loacated one resource site which claims to contain open sourced, crowd based data from real people who live in the main cities and countries of the world.
This web site allows the user to look in a variety of different ways at many different costs associated with a city or country. It also allows the user to make direct comparisons with different locations for the same data.
The name of the web site is Numbeo and after extensive reviewing of their data and the variations which can be input for doing cost analysis, I decided to include this highly interesting web site on this blog.
The above link will take you their home page and there is a map which can be clicked on and it will expand to a larger view showing locations around the world as input by active crowd based users of this site.
From this page you can do a lot of different cost analysis and looking at data for different things. You can select the currency of your choice and that will be displayed in the analysis.
Give this a try, I found it very interesting, informative and comprehensive which is why I have included this post on the blog. It does take some time learning how to use the web site for optimal information but if you play around with it enough you will find out how easy it is and can go from there with your analysis.
Remember, when viewing the data, it is crowd based or a better explanation, it is user input data but I have reviewed this data and find that for the most part, what has been input seems to coincide with my data sets from many years of doing cost analysis in the cities and countries in which I travel.
Remember, when viewing the data, it is crowd based or a better explanation, it is user input data but I have reviewed this data and find that for the most part, what has been input seems to coincide with my data sets from many years of doing cost analysis in the cities and countries in which I travel.
It might make a difference in your decision making process when deciding to move to another city or country. At the least it, will be unusual information, at the best, it will assist you to better understand the cost structures where you may find yourself were you to either move as a pensioner or taking a position with a company in a new location.
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