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Best Places Net
  • Compare two U.S. cities by crime, housing, economic, education, health and climate factors
  • Compare climates in foreign countries
 
Best Places to Live (Money Magazine)
  • Ranks over 500 cities to live in by economy, health, crime, housing, education, weather, leisure, transit, arts
  • Arranged by ranking and alphabetically by city
  • City pages include a description and relocation information as well as statistical data on the quality of life and the cost of living
  • Interactive interface permits the user to create own best place
Building Construction Cost Data (Means)
  •  Available at the Art, Architecture and Engineering Library (TH 435 .B93)
Building Construction Cost Data (Means): Change Notices (UMich Only)
  • See for costs and city surcharges
Building Design and Construction
  • Monthly periodical with construction costs per square foot for various types of commercial buildings for major cities
  • It may be difficult to find the data in the free web version
  • Use Documents Center Microfiche SRI C8052-6 or printed version: TH 1 .B924
Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Measures the rate of price change for food, shelter, fuel, apparel, transportation, medical care, entertainment, and other service items
  • The CPI Home Page provides an explanation of CPI data collection, testimony before Congress, the most current press releases of national data, and several options for time series access
  • The majority of information appears under Data - Most Frequently Requested Series
    Bureau of Labor Statistics
    • Measures the rate of price change in wholesale commodities or price changes by stage of processing
    • Producer Price Index home page provides current press releases
    • Data section provides various options for time series data back to 1986
     
    Bureau of Labor Statistics Handbook
    • Describes history and methodology of collecting consumer price index, producer price index, international price index, and consumer expenditures. In HTML and Adobe Acrobat formats
    • Consumer price indexes measure the rate of change of the cost of living, or inflation/deflation rate in goods purchased directly by consumers; they do not compare living expenses between cities
    • Cost of living indicators are comparative between cities or countries
    Cost of Living
    • Provides information in addition to Cost-of-Living Calculator  
    Cost of Living Index (American Chamber of Commerce)
    • Compares total costs between urban areas with component data ongroceries, housing, utilities, transportation, health care, and miscellaneous goods
    • 100=average so 1.25 would indicate an urban area was 25% more expensive than average
    • Individual prices for various goods and services also given
    • Participation in the program is voluntary so not all urban areas are included
    • Doc.Cen. HD 6983 .A67
     
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