New York City is 61.5% more expensive than Austin.

If you lived in New York City instead of Austin, you would:

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pay 29.4% more for restaurants

 
Austin
New York City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $18.00
 
$30.00
 
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.00
 
$12.00
 
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.62
 
$3.22
 

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pay 43.3% more for groceries

 
Austin
New York City
Bread
1 loaf
$3.60
 
$4.82
 
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.37
 
$8.52
 
Milk (1 gallon) $3.94
 
$5.80
 

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pay 85.0% more for transportation

 
Austin
New York City
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.04
 
$3.80
 
Monthly public transit pass $45.00
 
$132.50
 
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $35,000.00
 
$35,000.00
 

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pay 42.2% more for housing

 
Austin
New York City
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$70.43
 
$68.20
 
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $2,280.66
 
$4,097.13
 
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,508.91
 
$2,883.17
 

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pay 2.5 times more for childcare

 
Austin
New York City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,465.00
 
$3,253.56
 
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $21,625.00
 
$59,000.00
 

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pay 73.1% more for entertainment and sports

 
Austin
New York City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $6.00
 
$9.00
 
Cappuccino in mid-range area $5.31
 
$5.95
 
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$9.00
 
$17.00
 

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pay 10.1% more for clothing

 
Austin
New York City
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$63.62
 
$68.92
 
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$52.38
 
$45.62
 
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$89.78
 
$107.85
 

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